Julie and Julia
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (593 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600245323 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 359 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Audiobook read by the author and value-priced! Directed by Nora Ephron, starring Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia, the film Julie & Julia will be released by Sony Pictures on April 19, 2009. The bestselling memoir that's "irresistible.A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef" (Philadelphia Inquirer) is now a major motion picture. Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respect for calves' livers and aspic, but a new life-lived with gusto.. The film is based on this bestselling memoir in which Julie Powell, nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, resolves to reclaim her life by cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of Frenc
After spending a long, long time working as a temp, Julie Powell now writes in her pajamas at her home in Queens, New York, and occasionally serves as a butcher's apprentice.
"A feast, a voyage, and a marvel."Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love"A really good book."Washington Post Book World"Laugh-out-loud funny."Boston Globe
Powell and Child Bennet Pomerantz Julie Powell hit a real life crisisshe was almost 30 and felt like she was in a rut. So she took on a daunting challedge, cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking.Powell narrates her biography herself. This makes the listener enter her world and keeps them interested. Anyone who watches the Food Network will knows the food frustrations she has working through Child's classic cook book. Powell narrating skills bring these points home to the most absent of listeners without beating us over the . "Could put me to sleep" according to Jazz. I buy most books on CD so I can listen to them in the car. I get tired of the XM radio repeats and the same top Could put me to sleep Jazz I buy most books on CD so I can listen to them in the car. I get tired of the XM radio repeats and the same top 40. I am looking forward to the Julie & Julia movie, but this book is dull. I think I made it a 1/4 of the way through before donating it. I was too embarrassed to even offer it to a girlfriend. I would find myself listening to it for a 1/2 hour and not even remembering what she read. I think Julie Powell should have someone else record her books. He monotone voice could make someone fall asleep while driving. I am an avid cook and the stories about her recipes and her . 0. I am looking forward to the Julie & Julia movie, but this book is dull. I think I made it a 1/Could put me to sleep Jazz I buy most books on CD so I can listen to them in the car. I get tired of the XM radio repeats and the same top 40. I am looking forward to the Julie & Julia movie, but this book is dull. I think I made it a 1/4 of the way through before donating it. I was too embarrassed to even offer it to a girlfriend. I would find myself listening to it for a 1/2 hour and not even remembering what she read. I think Julie Powell should have someone else record her books. He monotone voice could make someone fall asleep while driving. I am an avid cook and the stories about her recipes and her . of the way through before donating it. I was too embarrassed to even offer it to a girlfriend. I would find myself listening to it for a 1/2 hour and not even remembering what she read. I think Julie Powell should have someone else record her books. He monotone voice could make someone fall asleep while driving. I am an avid cook and the stories about her recipes and her . Regarding the audiobook-I liked Julie Powell's voice and pacing Deborah Yutzy This is not really a review of the book itself- it's not the movie, there is language, etc. Others have said all that- although that is why I give it 4 stars instead of 5. Regarding the audiobook-I liked Julie Powell's voice and pacing, and her expressions in reading. Not all authors are as good at reading their own books. Also, This inspired me to make baked eggs in cream, and discovering that recipe would have made it worthwhile.