Seeking the Best Julia Child Biography?
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The Chief Blonde choses the best Julia Child Books: Provence, 1970; My Life In France; As Always, Julia; Julia Child, A Life; Julie & Julia;
Julia Child, can you ever get enough?
I am a fan of Julia Child. Julia was an American chef, author, and television personality. Actually, if I had to choose a real life person who is my hero, Julia Child would rank high in my order. She lived to be 91, and virtually everyone who met her said she was a joy to be around (but tough) and had a personality of eternal sunshine. I have made it one of my bucket list items to study her life through studying her autobiographies, biographies, videos and any other material that I can unearth.
My favorite Julie Child books include:
- Provence, 1970
- My Life in France
- As Always, Julia
- Julie Child, a Life
- Julie & Julia
I have read all of the above, cover to cover, savoring each as I read each chapter. I would never allow myself more than one chapter a day as I felt like if I finished the book, I would no longer have Julia in my thoughts. Crazy, right? Deep book readers can relate, I am sure!
How I read now, Audiobooks via Audible. **EXCLUSIVE COUPON**
Being a blogger, I am soooo busy that I don’t really read now as much as I would like. As a result, I have taken up listening to Audiobooks in the car. What a wonderful solution to my reading dilemma, but going to the library is a hassle and all those audio CDs always skip. Also, I never return the Audiobooks on time so I always have tons of late fees. However, I discovered Audible! Audible is an Amazon company with over 100,000 audible programs that can you can download and play on over 500 devices, including my Note 3! It was super simple to sign up for Audible. I found 5 great exclusive coupon on Coupons .com. Check out these 3 great exclusive Audible Promo Codes that I found on Coupons .com:
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Now I can discover more of the best Julia Child books!
I found over 26 Julia Child related books on Audible. With my exclusive Coupons .com code for Audible, I signed up for a free month of Audible and I downloaded my free audiobook. I choose a Julia Child biography by Noel Fitch “Appetite for Life“. The book would have been $34 normally, as a member I would have paid $25 for this 24 hours of audio programming BUT with the Audible Promo code, I got it free! Whoot! Next, I am going to listen to A Covert Affair (about Julia’s experiences as a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the Far East during World War II.), followed by Dearie and then A Chef’s Table.
It’s so fun to have the book with me, on my phone, anywhere I am. I feel like I have my old friend Julia back and a great way to listen to all the titles about her I still want to read. I highly recommend Audible!
I love Julia Child and have one of her large cookbooks. I would love reading a good biography of her and her adventures. thanks for the info.
I bet she had an over-the-top personality. I know that she drew in people watching her. Julie and Julia was good.
Being a blogger and business owner now I can totally relate to the busy and hectic lifestyle! I used to read ALL the time and now I barely read if at all. It’s kind of sad actually.
Audible might be able to help with that! 🙂
I never seem to have time to read because I am always doing a million things I am really thinking about getting Audible so I can still be “reading”while I am doing other things.
I have never read one of her books, but I did love the Julie and Julia movie. Very interesting to learn more about her.
I think if the audio includes her laugh, then it’s more than worth it! Thanks for the recommendation.
I think I am going to try audiobooks as well, especially with this offer. I belong to a couple of book clubs and sometimes the deadline come up so fast. It doesn’t seem like a month has passed. I will look to see if the books I am searching for are in the library. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve done several reviews of Audible books on my blog. I love to listen to an audiobook when I’m busy in the kitchen
I keep thinking about Audioable for a while – you really giving me some good reasons to do it and I love Julia Child
What an unusual human being she was. I’m sorry I didn’t appreciate her more when she was live. Only in the last 15 years have I learned a lot about her. I love bios and especially those providing more insight into this lovely woman. I wasn’t using my Audible account so I had to cancel, but am rethinking that now that i’m at the gym so much. Plus we are doing a big road trip next year, maybe several.
I haven’t heard of this author before but I do love my books!
I keep thinking I need to get into audio books. I used to love watching Julia Child when her show was on television. I was just a kid then but it is a very fond memory!
I’ve always liked As Always, Julia- I haven’t heard of some of the others, but I do find her simply fascinating. I will have to catch up on some reading with Audible!
I loved Julia Child and even though I am not a cook I still loved watching her show, and also when she partnered with Jacques Pepin.
I love reading about Julia Child and have already read a couple of bios about her. She was a fascinating person! I am a paper book person but will check out Audible, which seems like it would be great for long car trips.
I am a total audible.com addict and will have to check out Covert Affair. I just sampled the reader and it sounds amazing! Thank you for the suggestion Shelley!
I love audiobooks! They make it easy to read on my eyes.
I just love Julia Child. She is one of my all time favorites!
I had never heard of Julia Child until the movie Julie & Julia came out. Now I can’t get enough of her recipes!
I am a BIG reader but haven’t listened to an audio book in years! I’ve thought about trying them out again a lot lately, especially when the kids are watching a horrible animated TV show and I want to drowned out the sound. haha. Did i say that out loud?! Great deal though to check out Audible. Thanks, going to get my free book!