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With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known around the world by her first name alone. But despite that familiarity, how much do we really know of the inner Julia? Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Julia Child: Add a description of this character.
- Avis DeVoto
- Paul Child
- Bernard DeVoto
- Mark
- Dorothy
- Ives Washburn
- Bill Koshland
- Charlie
- Lovell Thompson
- Harper
- Benny
- Stevenson
- Eisenhower
- Anne Barrett
- Sheeline
- Knopf
- Taft
- Judith
- Jean
- Paul Brooks
- Mary
- Dione Lucas
- Adlai
- Furcolo
- Sarton
- Ripperger
- Beck
- Rochlin
- J. Jones
- Cohn
- Elmer Davis
- Freddie
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- France
- New York City
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Washington, D.C.
- Germany
- Boston
- Oslo
- New England
- United States
- California
- Harvard
- Massachusetts
- London
- Berlin
- Norway
- China
- Europe
- Plittersdorf
- Maine
- San Francisco
- Philadelphia
- White House
- Rome
- Pittsfield
- Provence
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pasadena
- Vermont
- Annisquam
- Madeira
- Italy
- Bonn
- Korea
- Illinois
- Chicago
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
First Sentence edit
Almost three and a half years after arriving in Paris with her husband, Paul, Julia Child read an article in a 1951 issue of Harper's written by the historian and prolific journalist Bernard DeVoto.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joan Reardon (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Country: United States
Publication Date: December 2010
ISBN: 9780547417714
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Country: United States
Publication Date: December 2010
ISBN: 9780547417714
Page Count: 432
Awards edit
- The IACP Cookbook Award (2011: Literary Food Writing, Winner)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 641.5092
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