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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Ruth Reichl

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Oct 15, 2012 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir, ultimate-reading-list, travel, biography, non-fiction

This is a memoir built around food--and as Reichl put it, she decided that instead of pictures she'd give recipes throughout to paint a picture of her relationships. The Author's Note tells us, "Everything here is true, but it may not be entirely factual. In some cases I have compressed events; in others I have made two people into one. I have occasionally embroidered." That sort of thing usually bugs the hell out of me. It didn't here. Maybe because Reichl was open about it from the beginning-- ...more

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Aug 26, 2013 Mo rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2013, non-fiction, biographical-memoir, w-bpl

I started to read ‘Garlic and Sapphires’ by Ruth Reichl, but didn’t have time to finish it before it was due back to the library. I was really enjoying it, but unfortunately there was not another copy available and I had to go on the wait list. In the meantime, 'Tender at the Bone' WAS available, so I checked it out and started to read.

I enjoyed the first few chapters of the book, the ones about Ruth’s childhood. But as she grew out of adolescence, it went south for me. I just didn’t like her AT I started to read ‘Garlic and Sapphires’ by Ruth Reichl, but didn’t have time to finish it before it was due back to the library. I was really enjoying it, but unfortunately there was not another copy available and I had to go on the wait list. In the meantime, 'Tender at the Bone' WAS available, so I checked it out and started to read.

I enjoyed the first few chapters of the book, the ones about Ruth’s childhood. But as she grew out of adolescence, it went south for me. I just didn’t like her AT ALL.

This woman became a colossal pain in the ass. Here are a few of the things I so disliked about the author (as described in this book):
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Every time I thought about chucking this book, my daughter’s 5 star rating would come to mind. I soldiered on. I regret having done so.
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