The
French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act – Alex Prud’Homme (Author/Reader)(Random
House Audiobooks)
Author and reader Alex Prud’homme is the great-nephew
of Julia Child and co-authored her book, My
Life in France and is now back with the follow up installment of her life
story, The French Chef in America: Julia
Child’s Second Act.
It is clear from the writing that Prud’homme has an
intimate first-hand knowledge of the subject matter and has spent hours
interviewing Child and combing through her voluminous notes, writing, correspondence
and other ephemera.
While I tend to lean more towards reading book books
rather than biographies of chefs, it is hard not to be attracted to Child’s
story which has been well chronicled on a number of occasions and in a variety
of formats. Prud’homme does a nice job of delivering that story for the
audiobook form of this story.
Clearly the relationship and familial ties lend
themselves well to this intimate and intriguing look at Child’s later years
until her passing.
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