Get Frenched: A Practical Guide to Reinventing Your Life in France Paperback – August 4, 2025

Thinking about moving to France? So was I.After thirty years in American finance, I finally decided I’d had enough of the grind. My wife Denise, our Golden Retriever, and I packed up our lives and set out to build a new one in France.We didn’t just dream about it. We did it.Get Frenched is the honest story of how that actually happened — the surprises, the mistakes, the bureaucratic maze, and the moments when we wondered what we had gotten ourselves into.But it’s not just a story.Along the way, I show you the real steps we took to move to France and make a life here: navigating visas, setting up banking and healthcare, finding housing, and learning how French life actually works once you’re living inside it.Blending real experiences with practical guidance, this book gives you the kind of roadmap most people wish they had before starting the journey.Inside, you’ll learn how to:• Secure visas and navigate the French immigration system• Set up banking, healthcare, and housing in France• Handle cultural curveballs so they surprise you less and amuse you more• Avoid the mistakes I already made so you don’t have to.This isn’t a fantasy about sipping wine in Provence. Though, I love that wine. It’s the real blueprint I wish I’d had before moving to France myself.If you’ve been dreaming about living in France, this book shows you how the journey actually unfolds — and how you can do it too. Read more