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Janet Hulstrand

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Minnesota, The United States

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Nonfiction, Memoir

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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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A Reading Challenge for Passionate Readers

Need to broaden your horizons? Try a reading challenge.

My friend David is one of the most prolific, and most impressive readers I know. So when I saw this reading challenge posted on his blog, I instantly wanted to share it with other passionate readers.

Who knows if I’ll be able to do any of this within what remains of 2026 myself–certainly not all of it, I know that for sure. But I figured th

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	Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, And Make Them Love You 3.96 avg rating — 91 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) 3.26 avg rating — 42 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
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Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart

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

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Le Rouge et le Noir

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