Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller (2001) | Book Review
Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller Genres: Adventure, Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2001 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, Alexandra Fuller tells her story. Fuller grew up on several farms in southern and central Africa. Her father joined up on the side of the white government in the Rhodesian civil war and was often away fighting against the powerful black guerilla factions. Though Fuller’s mother loved her children, she was no hand-holder and had little tolerance for neediness. She taught her daughters to be resilient…
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry (2008) | Book Review
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry Genres: Memoir Original Publication Date: 2008 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon Larry McMurtry wrote books in many genres, from coming-of-age novels, such as The Last Picture Show to the reinvention of the “Western” on a grand scale like the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. He writes about himself as a boy growing up in a largely “bookless” world, as a young man devouring the world of literature, as a fledgling writer and family man, and above all as one of America’s most prominent screenwriters. He Is An Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize Winner Larry McMurtry is the author…
My Life in France by Julia Child (2006) | Book Review
My Life in France by Julia Child Genres: Food, Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2009 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon Although she would later singlehandedly create a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, Julia Child was not always a master chef. Indeed, when she first arrived in France in 1948 with her husband, Paul, who was to work for the USIS, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets, and taking…
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell (2005) | Book Review
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell Genres: Food, Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2005 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon Nearing 30 and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell reclaims her life by cooking every single recipe in Julia Child’s legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking in the span of one year. It’s a hysterical, inconceivable redemptive journey — life rediscovered through aspics, calves’ brains, and créme brûlée. The somewhat controversial Julie and Julia tells the now-famous story of Julie Powell. Powell was working as a secretary in New York and living in…
Save Karyn: One Shopaholic’s Journey to Debt and Back by Karyn Bosnak (2003) | Book Review
Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back by Karyn Bosnak Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2003 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram, Pinterest What would you do if you owed $20,000? Would you: A) not tell your parents? B) start your own website that asked for money without apology? or C) stop coloring your hair, getting pedicures, and buying Gucci? If you were Karyn Bosnak, you’d do all three. Karyn started a funny yet honest website, www.savekaryn.com, on which she asked for donations to help her get out of debt. Karyn received e-mails from people all over…
