The Good Life France Magazine




The Good Life France Magazine brings you the best of France - inspirational and exclusive features, fabulous photos, mouth-watering recipes, tips, guides, ideas and much more...


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Issue No. 15

Discover the Drome, Nyons - the last Provencal frontier, Charente-Maritime, Burgundy, Paris gastronomy, Nice, secret Provence, recipes, a whole lot more. It's the next best thing to being in France...

It's been a crazy few

It's been a crazy few months for me and things have been quite topsy turvy at home. The reason is - I wrote a book, and it got published. I've got to tell you it's quite surreal to walk into a branch of WHSmith in the UK and see your name on the shelf! I have been taking selfies surreptitously, grinning like a fool next to book "my" shelves in Waterstones. It's even in Shakespeare & Co. one of my favourite book shops in Paris (and it's in WHSmith at 148 Rue de Rivoli Paris, opposite the Tuileries Gardens!). Okay that is the shameless plug almost over with - except if you'd like to buy it, "My Good Life in France", my story of how I came to France by accident, gave up my dream job for love and acquired 60 animals and an understanding of the culture of my adopted country and a whole lot more, is out in the UK (Australia 1 July and Us soon) and on Amazon everywhere! My animals of course have not noticed any of this furore going on. To them I am simply the maid, cleaner, cuddler and mad woman who gets up early every morning to feed, water, walk and love them. "Do you need grounding now you're a famous author" asked my sister, I think she was joking. Anyway the answer is no, not really, not when I have to clean out chicken coops after I've just been interviewed by the Daily Express. Not when I have to worm the cats, after I've just done a live radio show. Not when I have to clear up after two orphaned baby chickens who had to live in the house for three weeks as they needed some special TLC just as I'm about to be interviewed by Woman's Own Magazine. Writing a book is a dream come true for me and I thank you all because everyone who follows me on Facebook or Twitter, who visits my website, who reads this magazine - you've been my inspiration. Thank you. Bisous from France, Janine xx