Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously -- Julie Powell

<b>The bestselling memoir that's irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef (<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i>) that inspired <i>Julie & Julia</i>, the major motion picture directed by Nora Ephron, starring Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia.</b> <p/> 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 <i>Mastering the Art of French Cooking</i> in the span of one year. It's a hysterical, inconceivable redemptive journey -- life rediscovered through aspics, calves' brains and cr me br l e.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Julie Powell<br><b>Publisher:</b> Back Bay Books<br><b>Published:</b> 09/07/2006<br><b>Pages:</b> 336<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.65lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.24h x 5.50w x 0.93d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780316013260<br><b>Award:</b> Books for a Better Life - Finalist<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times</i> 10/29/2006 pg. 32<br><i>People Weekly</i> 08/24/2009 pg. 33<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>After a misspent youth involving loads of dead-end jobs and several questionable decisions, <b>Julie Powell</b>, author of <i>Julie and Julia</i>, has found her calling as a writer-cum-butcher. She lives in Long Island City, Queens, when she isn't in Kingston, NY, cutting up animals.</p>