Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child, (Paperback)

from briandrewz

A delightful look at the life of one of America's greatest cooks, Julia Child. The title of the book is an apt one, as Julia lived a rich, full life, just like her cooking. After attending Smith College, she began working for the OSS, and was privy to many top secret US intelligence documents. Af...

from periwinklejane

500 pages of Julia Child is a lot. Ms Child is worth 500 pages, though, and she offered up plenty of written material to base the book on, so it's an interesting read.I'd say that unless you're really, really into Julia, reading "My Life if France" is enough. In fact, if you haven't read that one...

from labwriter

I gave the book a 4-star rating: although the book itself is deeply flawed, the subject is fascinating. Noel Riley Fitch. Where do you start with this woman and the way she wrote this book? Another reviewer said something that I also thought about throughout the entire book: Julia Child worked ha...

from lincics

An interesting, but not very entertaining read. Seriously lacked flow. You could tell that the author had an awful lot of raw material to work with, perhaps too much, and she didn't do an outstanding job of organizing or condensing all of the raw material into a compelling narrative. Given the le...

from HunyBadger

I very much wanted to know about Julia Child and this book did not disappoint however, it so tediously details everything she ever did that I found it impossible to finish. I gave up after getting half way through and completed "My Life In France" by Julia Child instead. I agree with other review...