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Janet Hulstrand

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Janet Hulstrand is a writer, editor, writing coach, and teacher who lives in France. She writes frequently for Bonjour Paris, France Today, France Revisited, and for her blog Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road. She created and has taught “Paris: A Literary Adventure” in Paris for the City University of New York nearly every summer since 1997, and she teaches online classes for Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington DC.

Janet is the author of "Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You," and "A Long Way from Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France;" and coauthor of "Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home."
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Sidonie Bilger, lauréate du 2025 Bourse Renoir, au Château Hériot, Essoyes. Photo by Janet Hulstrand.

Sidonie Bilger est la lauréate 2025 de la Bourse Renoir, parrainée par l’Association Renoir en partenariat avec la Mairie d’Essoyes (Aube) et le site culturel Du Côté des Renoir. Elle a étudié le dessin, la peinture et la gravure à l’École Emile Cohl á Lyon et à la Hochschule der Bildenden K

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	Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, And Make Them Love You 4.04 avg rating — 82 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home by Linda Hetzer, Janet Hulstrand (Goodreads Author) 3.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Long Way from Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart

by William Alexander (Goodreads Author)

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When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944

by Ronald C. Rosbottom

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Le Rouge et le Noir

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