My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of My Life in France
Book Review: A life of love
Summary: 4 Stars
Julie Child taught us all how to enjoy food and the world of french cooking in depth. This story tells us so much more-a nice bedside book.Book Review: It's so good you will want to share it with friends.
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this book and told several people about it. My sister is borrowing it and says she's enjoying listening while commuting to work. France is awesome and listening to this book makes you feel as if you are there sitting in the restaurants and tasting the food. Julia Child was hardworking and honest about her abilities. She was able to laugh at herself and invited us to laugh also. The book was written by her husband's brother's son. He did a fine job. I highly recommend this book to those who love Paris, good French cooking, and interesting biographies.Book Review: Inspiring and fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a fantastic, adventurous life Julia Child had the great fortune to lead! I learned so much about Julia as a person by reading My Life in France, and the details in this book made it that much more fun to go back to her first cookbook (I have a copy from 1965) to create more of those wonderful French dishes. The inspiration really came when I discovered that Julia didn't even take her first cooking school until the age of 37! As a 37 year old myself, it truly opened my eyes to the possibilities that are on the horizon. Julia passed away before the book was finished, which made me recognize how Alex Prud'homme's writing captured the very essence of Julia in this wonderful work. Don't worry if you are not into food, wine, or cooking, if you love the human spirit you will love this book. I'll never make scrambled eggs any other way.... Book Review: Absolutely Delicious
Summary: 5 Stars
Over the years, I watched Julia Child on television every chance I could, from the earliest days when she would whirl heavy pots and pans and kitchen machetes around as other women might have twirled a baton, to the later years when she was bent and obliged to leave the hefting to others but still kept her eagle eye on every step of the cooking process. I was a C- cook, and the only recipes of Julia's I ever used were a few omelette guidelines; I watched her because she was so delightful, witty, and impassioned.
Her Book, My Life in France, brims over with that glorious passion. Julia's voice, her joie de vivre, her vigor, and her impatience with the lazy and the boring bubble on every page. If "the god is in the details," then this book is heavenly, for it has a richness of details carefully selected not only from Child's memory, but from hundreds of pages of notebooks, letters, and cooking records of all sorts. In these my mature years, I have been reading mostly biographies and autobiographies; this volume of Julia Child's years in France is and will remain a favorite because of its honesty, sense of fun, and unflagging passion. It's delicious!
Book Review: Another look at Julia
Summary: 5 Stars
A terrific book, intelligently written. It shares pieces of her life not known before but, also shares some of her wonderful memories of food she has eaten,prepared and thought about all of her long life,, Especially liked her descriptions of mealtime 'at home' as a child and also as a budding adult in Paris