Tired of being an overworked cog in a corporate wheel, Janice MacLeod followed her gut and, in a move that seemed totally implausible, quit her job and moved to Paris. There she started a job she likes--writing letters, painting them and selling them online--and fell in love with and married a hottie Paris butcher.
Paris Letters lays out MacLeod's simple plan for escaping to the City of Lights. First, she listened to her heart, a pivotal step that helped her realize how unhappy she was in the life she had chosen. Next, she had to raise capital. She calculated that in order not to work for a year, she'd have to save $100 per day. She takes readers through some of her cost-saving strategies, from skipping group dinners out to selling excess items at consignment shops. Giving up material possessions proves a key element to achieving her goal.
And then, voilà! MacLeod successfully saves the cash and jets off to Paris. Besides falling in love, she obtains the elusive happiness and peace she's been missing in life. She even gives up her carb-free lifestyle; since she walks everywhere, fromage and baguettes don't go to her thighs.
Paris Letters will inspire people who think they are stuck in an unsatisfying life. MacLeod's finding her bliss gives everyone else hope that the impossible is anything but. --Natalie Papailiou, author of blog MILF: Mother I'd Like to Friend