Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307948380)

Julia Child entered the lives of millions of Americans with her bestselling cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking; her popular and long-running cooking show, The French Chef; and her beloved memoir, My Life in France. In this intimate and revealing biography, based on exclusive interviews and scores of private letters and diaries, Noel Riley Fitch leads us through her incredible life.

We travel with Julia from her exuberant youth in California to her raucous days at Smith College; from her volunteer service with the OSS during World War II to the day she met Paul Child, the man with whom she would enjoy a fifty year marriage. We're with her when she takes her first culinary course at 37 and discovers her true calling; when she begins work on her landmark cookbook and suffers the rejections of most publishers in New York. And when finally her vision strikes a chord with a generation of Americans tired of bland cuisine, we're there to share in the making of a legend.

Julia Child became a household name by resisting fads and narrow conventions, by being the quintessential teacher and an inspiration to modern women, and by doing it all with her trademark humor and aplomb. Appetite for Life is her truly remarkable story.

Author: Noel Riley Fitch
ISBN-10: 0307948382
ISBN-13: 9780307948380
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2012
Pages: 608
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.40w x 1.24d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/01/2012 pg. 85