Title: My Life in France
Author: Julia Child & Alex Prud'Homme
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2006
336 pages
Audiobook.
A lovely autobiography (mediated by Alex Prud'homme). The narrative is a mix of written and oral styles, with a tone distinctly Julia's that makes me miss watching Julia on PBS, a staple of my younger life. At the time, I just thought she was fascinating, funny, and frank. She wasn't afraid to say she'd made an error, which wasn't true of many authorities at that time. I had no perspective on how revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking was; I just knew that the recipes made sense, even if I had no plans to prepare sweetbreads, say, or bread. Her cookbooks are still among the clearest and most explanatory I use.
The audiobook reader does a good enough job, with occasional mispronunciations, but she has a good reading voice. However, there is no PDF of the photos, so I'll still need to look at the book.
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