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Bezig met laden... Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home (editie 2008)door Kim Sunee
Informatie over het werkTrail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home door Kim Sunée
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Not my favorite type of memoir--a little precious, and the type of self-absorbed story that makes so many people object to memoirs. And it was written nearly completely in the present tense, which is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. ( ) I loved this book. I was so amazed by the author's life. I couldn't quite understand why she stayed with the super rich guy. I loved when she took the trip to Korea. I read this book a few times(I just kept reading it and rereading it). I read this book way before EPL. I hope the author has found what she was looking for. This is a memoir by a young woman who was adopted by an American family from a Korean orphanage, moved to Europe and became involved with a much older wealthy man.The book tskes place mostly in their exquisite home in Provence and there is lots of porny food descriptions. It's filled to the brim with self-pity. It's clear that she has huge abandonment issues that no amount of good eating can fill, but it's a little hard to feel someone who is in despair driving through the French countryside on the way back from a rose-petal facial. That's a problem I need to have! This seemed like a book that, given some years and some distance, she might come to regret, especially the way she portrays her parents and siblings. As a mother myself, and twice Kim's age, I can't help but wonder about her adoptive mother's perspecitve and whether I too would question my child's life choices, especially if they involved moving to another continent, becoming involved with a much older partner (seperated and w/ children), and living with no other visible means of support than said partner. I might ask a few disapproving questions myself. 2 days ago | edit | delete geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Already hailed as "brave, emotional, and gorgeously written" by Frances Mayes and "like a piece of dark chocolate -- bittersweet, satisfying, and finished all too soon" by Laura Fraser, author of An Italian Affair, this is a unique memoir about the search for identity through love, hunger, and food. Jim Harrison says, "Trail of Crumbs reminds me of what heavily costumed and concealed waifs we all are. Kim Sunv©e tells us so much about the French that I never learned in 25 trips to Paris, but mostly about the terrors and pleasure of that infinite octopus, love. A fine book." When Kim Sunv©e was three years old, her mother took her to a marketplace, deposited her on a bench with a fistful of food, and promised she'd be right back. Three days later a policeman took the little girl, clutching what was now only a fistful of crumbs, to a police station and told her that she'd been abandoned by her mother. Fast-forward almost 20 years and Kim's life is unrecognizable. Adopted by a young New Orleans couple, she spends her youth as one of only two Asian children in her entire community. At the age of 21, she becomes involved with a famous French businessman and suddenly finds herself living in France, mistress over his houses in Provence and Paris, and stepmother to his eight year-old daughter. Kim takes readers on a lyrical journey from Korea to New Orleans to Paris and, along the way serving forth her favorite recipes. A love story at heart, this memoir is about the search for identity and a book that will appeal to anyone who is passionate about love, food, travel, and the ultimate search for self. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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