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Julia Child’s memoir of her years in France and her path to French cooking
2006Steady paceWarm
What it is about
Julia Child tells the story of her time in Paris and Marseille after World War II, when she fell in love with French food. She describes learning to cook and co-writing a cookbook. The book was completed with her grandnephew Alex Prud’homme.
Who will enjoy it
Food lovers and Francophiles.
What you will get
Published after her death in 2004.
My Life in France Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · Memoir · France · Cooking
Length
336 pages · ≈ 10 h
More about this book
Characters
Julia Child and her husband Paul.
Setting
Paris and Marseille, 1948–1954.
What makes it different
A warm memoir of love, food and discovery.
Feel
Warm, funny and full of appetite.
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