| Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites Contributor(s): Christensen, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307951103 ISBN-13: 9780307951106 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Culinary - Cooking | Essays & Narratives - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A delectable memoir about the transformative power of food, Blue Plate Special is a deeply personal narrative in which food becomes the vehicle for exploring a life. Here, novelist Kate Christensen tells her own story, from her unorthodox childhood in 1960s Berkeley as the daughter of a legal activist who ruled the house with his fists to her extraordinary success as a PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author. Hungry not just for food, but for love and a sense of belonging, Christensen writes honestly about her struggle to find the contentment she has always yearned for. A beautifully written account of a knockabout life, full of sorrows, pleasures--and, of course, food--Blue Plate Special is a delicious reading experience. |