A lovely autobiography (mediated by Alex Prud'homme). The narrative is a mix of written and oral styles, with a tone distinctly Julia's that makes me miss watching Julia on PBS, a staple of my younger life. At the time, I just thought she was fascinating, funny, and frank. She wasn't afraid to say s...
Interesting memoir. Child was a fascinating person, and one gets the feeling, a prickly and passionate one as well. Nothing is ever stated right out front, but in passing she refers to stomping on letters in anger and that sort of thing. I suspect she was formidable. This book made me terribly hungr...
This was an amazingly evocative memoir of the birth of Julia the chef - most of the other reviews will describe it better. I finished it this morning and was in a bad mood because it was over and the epilogue was so wistfully sad.
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