Julia Child, Laura Shapiro
Julia Child, Laura Shapiro
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Julia Child
A Life

Author: Laura Shapiro

Narrator: Julia Prud'homme

Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2025


Synopsis

The delicious life of one of the most beloved figures in twentieth-century American culture. With a swooping voice, an incredible sense of humor, and a passion for good food, Julia Child ushered in the nation’s culinary renaissance. In Julia Child, award-winning food writer Laura Shapiro tells the story of Child’s unlikely career path, from California party girl to coolheaded chief clerk in World War II spy station to bewildered amateur cook and finally to the Cordon Bleu in Paris, the school that inspired her calling. A food lover who was quintessentially American, right down to her little-known recipe for classic tuna fish casserole, Shapiro’s Julia Child personifies her own most famous lessons, that learning how to cook means learning how to live.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elisabeth on December 21, 2018

I really enjoyed this as an audio book! I have been interested in Julia Child more recently since watching the Julie & Julia movie and I am glad I listened to this! Her life is fascinating and I love how much her life changed by living in Paris, France- I just got back from Paris myself and it chang......more

Goodreads review by Chinchilla on February 10, 2018

This was not a very impressive book. Anyone wants to know more about Julia Child's personal life and her journey to becoming an icon in the culinary world should just read her autobiography "My Life in France". This book didn't offer many new insights that weren't already covered in Child's own book......more

Goodreads review by Schmacko on May 07, 2012

This is an easy-to-read account of Julia Child, her life, her marriage, and other information about her. It has the benefit of not being to wandering or in-depth, as are some other bios about the American woman who helped create the seminal French cookbook for the home cook and brought public cookin......more

Goodreads review by Madhulika on April 29, 2021

The woman who demystified French cuisine for the average American, and pretty much singlehandedly taught American food lovers how to navigate the depths, twists and turns of French food, Julia Child was a legend. Millions of TV viewers fell in love with her (and actually told her so, in gushing lett......more