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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Paris Letters Paperback

Author: Janice MacLeod | Language: English | ISBN: 1402288794 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Girlfriends! If you are single and full of untapped creative energy (say, you’ve “dabbled in photography, jewelry making”), former junk-mail writer turned memoirist MacLeod’s tell-a-lot might prove inspirational. Feeling trapped, MacLeod scraped up some cash (she helpfully lists the 100 ways she saved; number 32 is simple enough: “Traded stocks”), went to Paris (and proves she is in Paris by scattering French phrases throughout), and met an amazing man, a butcher—“He and his sexy jeans would bend down to stir up the potatoes that were roasting in drippings at the bottom of the oven.” MacLeod points out in an author’s note that most of the men she describes have more stunning qualities here than they “actually cultivated in themselves because that is how she once rolled.” The book itself, once rolling, may be chick lite, padded with sketches and letters and such, but it has a happy ending. “It had only occurred to me in that moment that I was indeed an artist. In Paris!” And she gets the guy, too. --Eloise Kinney

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"Inspiration for others longing for adventure ... A romantic romp from Santa Monica to Paris with loads of advice on how to live minimally and take risks in life and love.

" - Kirkus

"Charming ... How memorist Janice MacLeod rewrote her life story, one gorgeously illustrated letter at a time" - Flare Magazine

"Written as though to best friend telling her story over lattes-or café crème. Relatable and inspiring ... cleverly crafted with wit and unexpected wisdom" - New York Journal of Books

"Janice MacLeod's charming Paris Letters takes us on her starry-eyed discovery of Paris, the joys of learning the French language, a unique career in art and, best of all, the romance of a lifetime! C'est bon!" - Lynne Martin, author of Home Sweet Anywhere

"Aspirational fiction? No, a true story to inspire similar dreamers out there." - National Geographic's "Intelligent Travel"

"Through Janice's letters to friends and subscribers, as well as her writings, we can discover the delights she finds ... Follow your heart and dare to live your dreams but prepare for them first" - Dear Author

"I can't do justice to their beautiful love story-you need to read a firsthand account." - CanadianLiving.com

"Paris Letters will inspire people ... MacLeod's finding her bliss gives everyone else hope that the impossible is anything but." - Shelf Awareness
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks (February 4, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1402288794
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402288791
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
If ever there were a book I'd love to climb inside, an author through whom I could live vicariously, it's Janice MacLeod and PARIS LETTERS.

After climbing the metaphorical advertising ladder in Los Angeles, Janice realizes her "dream job" -- and dream life -- aren't quite what she imagined. Worn out by her 9-to-5 and dreaming of so much more than a dull commute and another birthday cake for a coworker, she begins to fantasize about a life beyond the square walls of her office. Encouraged to journal her thoughts and think about something more, a question rises to the surface: How much money does it take to change your life?

The answer is roughly 60K, actually -- enough to quit her job, sell most of her worldly possessions and leave California for a walkabout in Europe. By scrimping wherever possible, she amasses enough to arrive in Paris and walk sip creamy lattes in the sidewalk cafes just as she imagined. Though she speaks no French, her arrival in the City of Light isn't burdened by language barriers. She soon meets Christophe, a handsome butcher, and begins her French education rather romantically.

When she considered her talents back in America, one passion kept returning to her: art. Painting. With the time and freedom to now explore those dreams, she sets to work cultivating and fashioning an entirely new life for herself. And the results are pretty extraordinary.

How to describe my love for PARIS LETTERS? Picture me in my pajamas sipping coffee on a snowy day, imagining what it must feel like to step off a plane with only a tiny suitcase in a foreign city -- unburdened, untethered, totally free. Though I love my own work, I know the constraints of a desk job all too well. The idea of abandoning it all to chase your passions -- in Paris!
With a single suitcase in hand, former Californian copywriter Janice Macleod abandons her stultifying career and heads off to Europe sharing her journey in this memoir, Paris Letters.

Thirty four and single Macleod realised that despite her successful career as middle management in an advertising agency affording her a (more than) comfortable lifestyle, she was dissatisfied with her life. In 2010 inspired by The Artist's Way written by Julie Cameron and a comment from a colleague, Janice began making plans to reinvent her life. She began by journaling (and blogging) every day and devising ways to save $100 a day to fund a years travel. A year later she quit her job and took off to explore Europe.

Paris Letters is a record of Janice Macleod's journey which includes brief treks through Scotland and Italy before she decides to settle in France, having met a French-speaking Polish butcher on the streets of Paris and fallen in love. Having found happiness but needing a way to fund her prolonged stay in Paris, she takes inspiration from artist Percy Kelly and his illustrated letters to his penpal. Utilising an Etsy store front begins creating and selling letters adorned with her watercolour paintings of Paris scenery quickly amassing over 1,000 subscribers. By the end of 2012, Janice is engaged to Christophe, has a book deal and is living her dream.

In many ways this is an inspirational memoir of a woman who has changed her life for the better, in others I feel that Paris Letters is somewhat disingenuous. It could be that I'm jealous. Macleod manages to save in a year (nearly US$65,000), more than my husband earns to support our family of six, while still paying for rent, utilities, car payments, a housekeeper(!

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