false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185805968m/1607272.jpg 1607272 2 Already hailed as "brave, emotional, and gorgeously written" by Frances Mayes and "like a piece of dark chocolate--bittersweet, satisfying, and finished all too soon" by Laura Fraser, author of <I>An Italian Affair,</I> this is a unique memoir about the search for identity through love, hunger, and food.<BR><BR>Jim Harrison says, "TRAIL OF CRUMBS reminds me of what heavily costumed and concealed waifs we all are. Kim Sunée tells us so much about the French that I never learned in 25 trips to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City></st1:place>, but mostly about the terrors and pleasure of that infinite octopus, love. A fine book."<BR><BR>When Kim Sunée was three years old, her mother took her to a marketplace, deposited her on a bench with a fistful of food, and promised she'd be right back. Three days later a policeman took the little girl, clutching what was now only a fistful of crumbs, to a police station and told her that she'd been abandoned by her mother.<BR><BR>Fast-forward almost 20 years and Kim's life is unrecognizable. Adopted by a young <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:City> couple, she spends her youth as one of only two Asian children in her entire community. At the age of 21, she becomes involved with a famous French businessman and suddenly finds herself living in France, mistress over his houses in <st1:State w:st="on">Provence</st1:State> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Paris</st1:place></st1:City>, and stepmother to his eight year-old daughter.<BR><BR>Kim takes readers on a lyrical journey from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> to <st1:City w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:City> to <st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Provence</st1:place></st1:State>, along the way serving forth her favorite recipes. A love story at heart, this memoir is about the search for identity and a book that will appeal to anyone who is passionate about love, food, travel, and the ultimate search for self. (2008) 1600699 8 1 2008 Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home total:631|5:68|4:187|3:232|2:108|1:36| 631 2036 1123 210 4 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 07 18:07:26 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 26 06:57:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 5 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:03:25 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 08:02:21 -0800 2009
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Grand Central Publishing, 2009
ISBN: 978-0446697903
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 03/09
4 stars
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