x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do — until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her new memoir, CLEAVING. Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Julie Powell: Author of Julie and Julia, a blogger who decides she wants to learn to be a butcher. She apprentices at a butcher shop in Kingston, NY.
- Eric Powell: Julie's husband
- Aaron: Co-worker at the butcher shop
- Josh: Owner of Fleischer's Butcher Shop
- Jessica: Josh's wife and co-owner of the shop
- Juan: Coworker at the shop
- Jesse: Coworker at the shop
- Robert the Dog: Julie and Eric's dog
- Gwen: Good friend to Julie
- D: Julie's lover
Quotes edit
-
“And it's not that I'm lying, not that the chicken roasting doesn't smell like home, that the cat purring on the kitchen counter doesn't sound like comfort, that my husband's embrace doesn't feel like love. It's not that at all. It's just that the world was feeling bigger to me, and here it begins to seem small, sometimes.”
-
“Every marriage is its own special hell sometimes right?”
- Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers
-
JESSICA’S SUPER-EASY SKIRT STEAK SALAD
Highlighted by 22 Kindle customers -
A NICE, SIMPLE WAY TO MAKE SHORT RIBS
Highlighted by 21 Kindle customers -
“HOME AT LAST” CHICKEN
Highlighted by 18 Kindle customers -
JOSH’S PERFECT STEAK
Highlighted by 16 Kindle customers -
SUZIE’S TANZANIAN UGALI
Highlighted by 11 Kindle customers -
When the flood comes I will swim to a symphony go by boat to some picture show and maybe I will forget about you
Highlighted by 7 Kindle customers -
It turns out that things, even perfect things, pieces that seem to fit, to work together, can warp and crack and change.
Highlighted by 7 Kindle customers -
One thing I’ve learned about my voice is that it prefers indulging dangerous cravings to the prospect of tamping down those cravings into bitter resignation.
Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers -
“Be careful what you wish for. We all have to live in the worlds we make for ourselves.”
Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers -
POTATO VARENYKY 2 medium russet potatoes
Highlighted by 5 Kindle customers
First Sentence edit
This is really not what it looks like.
Table of Contents edit
Author's Note
Prologue
Part I: Apprentice
1. Love and a Butcher Shop
2. Boned Out
3. Fajita Heartbreak
4. Stuffing Sausage
5. Break Down
6. Off the Hoof
7. Opus Nauseous
8. Meathead Holiday
9. Too Close for Comfort Food
10. The Dying Art
11. Hanging Up the Knife
Part II: Journeywoman
12. Carniceria
13. Still Undercooked
14. When in Tanzania
Part III: Master?
15. A Butcher Remains
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index of Recipes
Reading Group Guide
Themes & Symbolism edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Julie Powell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Add the language.
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 304
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 641.5092
Popular Tags
More Books Like This edit
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
