| A combination of autobiography, armchair travel, restaurant and cuisine commentary, and love story, MY LIFE IN FRANCE is a perfectly delightful book.
Child grew up as a daughter of wealth and privilege in Southern California and being too tall for the military as WWII began to rage in Europe and the Pacific, she joined the forerunner of the CIA. Paul Child was also an intelligence officer and returned to diplomatic service after the war. They met during their wartime service and in the late 1940's they moved to Europe where Paul was employed in various diplomatic assignments for the next dozen years. Prepared with the assistance of her nephew, Julia Child's memoir covers her determination to learn to cook, her incredible perfectionism as she worked on her first published cookbook, her many dinner parties, her career as a popular PBS host, her travels, her adjustment to a life of celebrity, - and threaded through every story and shining from every page - her lifelong infatuation with, love for, and devotion to her husband. | ||
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Plot & Themes job/profession: Job/profession/poverty story Yes Food Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Female Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () United States Yes Europe Yes European country: - France Writing Style Book makes you feel? - in awe Pictures/Illustrations? - More 6-10 B&W How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |
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