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Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education Of A Reluctant Chef (2012)

by Gabrielle Hamilton(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0812980883 (ISBN13: 9780812980882)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

review 1: I liked the book, the writing style; but came away not quite liking the author.I liked the story, the bravado. I grasped the abandonment, anger, intensity and passion. I saw bitterness, judging, unforgiveness and a lot of need, mostly need for belonging, a sense of place.While she mentions that the mindless work like cleaning or prepping was a good way to think about or resolve things I got the sense that a lot of her frenetic action and drive was a way NOT to address the real issues driving her. I admire her ability to rein-in the train wreck of where her life was, and was heading, and to find her way to her passion, but I did not get the impression she had outgrown the needy child whose needs, seemingly unspoken, remain unmet by the mere mortals surrounding... more her.
review 2: A partly brave memoir. Hamilton paints herself as hardworking and daring, but also judgmental and difficult. She's reticent about some things, like why she dislikes her mother so intensely, which is okay, but then don't give us an entire chapter about visiting and loathing your mother—it's a tease. The writing is messy and she has a tendency to 1) use cant phrases and 2) use the exact same cant phrase AGAIN in the same paragraph ("peak fall foliage"), which her editor should have caught. (Also, there's a misprint or typo in here that killed me: "Ballanchine.") But the food and the experiences are strongly evoked. And unlike other Goodreaders, I wasn't bothered by her fixation on her failed marriage. I love reading about other people's relationship disasters. How terrible that her husband never told her one real thing in all the years they were together. On the other hand, she's the kind of person who'll give you the silent treatment for two weeks because you mention you want a new iPhone, so... less

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Chanice

Loved the author's honesty with herself and her views on life, love and food. I felt especially connected to the book as I grew up with an absentee father and a deceased mother, and was left to fend for myself and my brother frequently. I also am about the same age as the author and found many similarities in our escapades during our young adulthood. I was truly impressed with the way she described the excesses of the time without romanticizing them or making them seem better than they were.Thank you for a great book

Jlb527

This might be my favorite book of the year. I am a little late to the party, as it was written in 2012. Gabrielle Hamilton's story spoke to me on so many levels--it carries with it her experiences with food (oh, the food!), travel, wrestling with the definition of family and marriage, and a whole lot of impressive hard work. She is one serious badass woman who inspires me to be more fearless. And to eat what I like. I'd give 6 stars if I could.

luckyjen04

Given a readers copy from Karin but it's taken me years to start it...

jek

wow, is she a weird person, but it's interesting to read about!

shivani

Odd book but strangely compelling.

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