After fulfilling a promise she made to herself in a moment of in-flight terror, Jamie Beck moved to France. It changed the trajectory of her life and inspired her to document the experience—resulting in her first book, An American in Provence.
was flying home to New York after an assignment in Sweden when she hit some turbulence. Feeling certain the plane was about to crash, a single thought nagged away at her: “Great, now I’ll never know what it’s like to live in France,” Beck remembers. “So I made a promise to myself that if the plane landed, I was going to move there.”
The plane did indeed land, and Beck actually made good on that promise—even if it meant partly giving up her fast-paced life as a photographer in New York City, working for clients including Chanel, Chopard, and Armani. “In New York, I was working all the time, and I just kept wondering, Is this it?” Beck says. One month and one laborious visa application later, she moved, alone and speaking barely a word of French, to Apt, a sleepy village in Provence.
For while the book does open an escapist window into a life of pastoral bliss that feels just beyond grasp, Beck was adamant that it do more than just that. “The world doesn’t need a book about my life,” Beck says. “But I truly believe you don’t need to live in Provence or want to mimic the lifestyle to take something from the lessons I’ve learned while living here.
The ultimate takeaway, though, is the value of slow living that Beck has learned in Provence—where she plans to remain, although she makes regular trips back to New York. As she sees it, wherever you are and whatever your means, it’s a sensibility anyone can benefit from. “Maybe you walk instead of taking the car, or you go to a local market instead of the grocery store, or you make an effort to share a meal with your friends and family once a week,” Beck says.
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