Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously

by Julie Powell

The bestselling memoir that's "irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef" (Philadelphia Inquirer) that inspired Julie & Julia, the major motion picture directed by Nora Ephron, starring Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia.

Nearing 30 and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell reclaims her life by cooking every single recipe in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking in the span of one year. It's a hysterical, inconceivable redemptive journey -- life rediscovered through aspics, calves' brains and cre me brulee.

• ISBN10: 0316013269
• ISBN13: 9780316013260
• Publish Date: 7 September 2006 (first published 1 January 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[sstaley]

I was so disappointed in this book. I loved the movie and wanted to read the book. I should not have wasted my time. The book is full of vulgar language, a lot of sexual talk and overall I got tired of her attitude. The "cute" Julie I saw in the movie is not there in the book. I was also disappointed that Julia is not a huge factor in the book, where in the movie there was more bout her life.

My recommendation is... see the movie but skip the book.

[Eve1972]

I probably should have just stuck to the movie, the book was just OK. I found Julie to be self-absorbed and whiny and just not all that likable to be honest. Sure there were funny parts, but overall a disappointing read for me...

[mbtc]

I wasn't as impressed with this book as I had hoped I would be. I'm still happy I read it, as I'm looking forward to seeing the movie adaptation and I typically prefer to read the books first. But the tone of Julie in this book is a harsh one and it doesn't mesh well with my personal preferences. It was okay. At best.