On Friday evening, December 7 at 7 pm, New York Times bestselling author Bob Spitz
will entertain the Rowayton community with excerpts from his latest book DEARIE: The
Remarkable Life of Julia Child.
It’s rare for someone to emerge in America who can
change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It’s even rarer when
that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure
to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV
station. And yet, that’s exactly what Julia Child did. The
warble-voiced doyenne of television cookery became an iconic cult figure and
joyous rule-breaker as she touched off the food revolution that has gripped
America for more than fifty years. Now,
in Bob Spitz’s definitive, wonderfully affectionate biography, the Julia we
know and love comes vividly — and surprisingly — to life.
In Dearie,
Spitz employs the same skill he brought to his best-selling, critically
acclaimed book The Beatles, providing a clear-eyed portrait of
one of the most fascinating and influential Americans of our time — a woman
known to all, yet known by only a few. Bob
Spitz is the award-winning author of The Beatles, a New York Times best
seller, as well as seven other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He has
represented Bruce Springsteen and Elton John in several capacities. His
articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers, including The New
York Times Magazine; The Washington Post; Rolling Stone; and O,
The Oprah Magazine, among others. Barrett Books will be on site if you wish to
purchase a signed copy. And, in Rowayton
Library’s famous tradition, delicious delicacies from Julia’s recipes will be
on hand to “sample”. The Rowayton
Library, 33 Highland Avenue. This
program is free and open to the public.
