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Have you ever visited France? If so, how warmly were you received by the French people? Today, we’re in the exquisite Champagne region of France and we’re delighted to be interviewing the author, Janet Hulstrand. Janet is an American living in the French countryside near Essoyes, the small village where Renoir had his summer home. Over the years, Janet noticed that many Americans tended to get off on the wrong foot in France because they didn’t know the basic rules of French etiquette, and they didn’t seem to understand quite how important those rules are in France. So she decided to help them by writing a delightfully amusing book, called Demystifying the French, How to Love Them and Make Them Love You. Stay tuned, to find out more!
Janet is a writer, editor, and teacher, living between France and the United States. She has been creating, directing, and teaching literature courses for the Education Abroad programs at Hunter and Queens Colleges of the City University of New York in Paris, Hawaii, Florence, and Cuba since 1997. She teaches literary and cultural classes at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C. and she also leads book groups at the American Library in Paris. Janet’s articles and essays have been published in Bonjour Paris, France Revisited, the Christian Science Monitor, International Educator, Smithsonian.com, and many more publications. Be sure to tune in today, to find out what Janet has done to help Americans understand why the French are the way they are.
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Janet’s website
Recommended book: The Bonjour Effect, The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow
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Have you ever visited France? If so, how warmly were you received by the French people? Today, we’re in the exquisite Champagne region of France and we’re delighted to be interviewing the author, Janet Hulstrand. Janet is an American living in the French countryside near Essoyes, the small village where Renoir had his summer home. Over the years, Janet noticed that many Americans tended to get off on the wrong foot in France because they didn’t know the basic rules of French etiquette, and they didn’t seem to understand quite how important those rules are in France. So she decided to help them by writing a delightfully amusing book, called Demystifying the French, How to Love Them and Make Them Love You. Stay tuned, to find out more!
Janet is a writer, editor, and teacher, living between France and the United States. She has been creating, directing, and teaching literature courses for the Education Abroad programs at Hunter and Queens Colleges of the City University of New York in Paris, Hawaii, Florence, and Cuba since 1997. She teaches literary and cultural classes at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C. and she also leads book groups at the American Library in Paris. Janet’s articles and essays have been published in Bonjour Paris, France Revisited, the Christian Science Monitor, International Educator, Smithsonian.com, and many more publications. Be sure to tune in today, to find out what Janet has done to help Americans understand why the French are the way they are.
Show highlights:
Links and resources:
Janet’s website
Recommended book: The Bonjour Effect, The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow
Champagne Richardot in Loches-sur-Ource
Champagne Cristian Senez in Fontette