A delectable memoir about the transformative power of food, Blue Plate Special is a deeply personal narrative in which food becomes the vehicle for exploring a life. Here, novelist Kate Christensen tells her own story, from her unorthodox childhood in 1960s Berkeley as the daughter of a legal activist who ruled the house with his fists to her extraordinary success as a PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author. Hungry not just for food, but for love and a sense of belonging, Christensen writes honestly about her struggle to find the contentment she has always yearned for. A beautifully written account of a knockabout life, full of sorrows, pleasures--and, of course, food--Blue Plate Special is a delicious reading experience.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 05/06/2014
ISBN: 9780307951106
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 05/02/2014 pg. 69
New York Times Book Review 08/24/2014 pg. 32