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Dearie

the Remarkable Life of Julia Child
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Nov 15, 2023govess35gmailcom rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
“Dearie”! So aptly named and the best of all books I’ve read about Julia Child.The timeline is sequential which gives a great picture and much detail about Julia’s life and how it unfolded. Details about Julia’s job in the OSS…
May 25, 2022JCLPiepieB rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a very definitive work on chef and TV personality Julia Child. But it's not for the faint of heart -- this sucker is huge and took me over two weeks to read. However, most of it is very interesting and really gives you a nice…
Jan 06, 2022dissymissylessy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
she was six foot three--eh ? that is formidable, indeed. lots of arcane information for fans of the pbs cooking show.
Jul 23, 2013candot rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Remarkable life indeed. I really enjoyed this book about Julia. She was a wonderful woman.
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Apr 10, 2013Evamach rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
While I did see some of her shows and have one of her cookbooks, what I really appreciated in this book is the tale of the development of Julia as a person, and the wonderfully evocative descriptions of her relationships, with her…
Mar 09, 2013
Wow, I had no idea that Julia came from such a privaleged background!
Mar 04, 2013annekim9 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A delightfully written and exhaustively researched biography on Julia Child. I laughed so much during the chapters on her childhood ... what a pistol Julia was even then! The book covers her entire life (Julia kept up an amazing work…
Jan 19, 2013soosunshine rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A truly amazing and enjoyable biography.
Jan 03, 2013hgibbins rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What a life! This is an amazing biography of a cultural icon. She brought authentic French cooking into the homes of millions, and was the inspiration for all the cooking shows you see on television today. It would be so beneficial if the…
Dec 05, 2012legadillo rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
coulda been shorter
Oct 16, 2012
"Julia Child, cookbook author and television star, lived a rich and complex life even before she discovered French cuisine in 1948. In Dearie, biographer Bob Spitz recounts details of Child's California upbringing, her wartime service with…
Sep 27, 2012bucdrew rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Fascinating story about a truly remarkable woman, that had me you-tubing clips from her old shows. I was already familiar with the overall Julia Child story (wealthy parents, worked for the agency that would become the CIA in WWII, moved…
Sep 23, 2012
Since seeing her first TV show live on public TV in the '60s, I've been a huge Julia-phile and will read anything and everything about her. Lots of fascinating new background and information in this book, and I enjoyed reading it. Only…