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.
