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In her New York Times bestselling memoirs Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples, Ruth Reichl has brilliantly illuminated how food defines us. Now she celebrates this theme in her dazzling fiction debut novel of sisters, family ties, and a young woman who must find the courage to let go of th...

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Main Author: Reichl, Ruth (Author)
Other Authors: Whelan, Julia, 1984- (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Books on Tape, [2014]
Edition:Unabridged.
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Life change events > Fiction.
Hiding places > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Ohio > Akron > Fiction.
Letters > Fiction.
Akron (Ohio) > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
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Summary:In her New York Times bestselling memoirs Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples, Ruth Reichl has brilliantly illuminated how food defines us. Now she celebrates this theme in her dazzling fiction debut novel of sisters, family ties, and a young woman who must find the courage to let go of the past in order to embrace her own true gifts.
Working as a public relations hotline consultant for a once-prestigious culinary magazine, Billie Breslin unexpectedly enters a world of New York restaurateurs and artisanal purveyors while reading World War II letters exchanged between a plucky twelve-year-old and James Beard.
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Physical Description:11 audio discs (approximately 13 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9780385393461 :
0385393466 :
Author Notes:Ruth Reichl was born in New York City on January 16, 1948. In 1970, she graduated from the University of Michigan with a M.A. in art history. She became a food writer and magazine editor for New West magazine. Later she worked for the Los Angeles Times, first as the restaurant editor and then food editor. She received two James Beard Awards. In 1993, she moved back to New York to become the restaurant critic for The New York Times. She was the editor in chief of Gourmet Magazine for ten years.

She is the author of the memoirs Garlic and Sapphires, Tender at the Bone, and Comfort Me with Apples and the novel Delicious! Her latest book, My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life, was published in 2015.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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