Julia Child the Last Interview and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series - 41 books)

Shirley J.               Adult Non-Fiction                                Julia Child, her personality in interviews 

Julia Child the Last Interview and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series - 41 books)                by Julia Child    160 pages

Julia Child's sense of humor is often at play in these conversations and interviews.   Always beguiling and jovial, always owning up to her own mishaps then cleverly elaborating on how she fixed them, always a joy, always going the extra mile to make things as easy for others as possible.  She is a joy to learn about on paper.   Makes me wish I had paid more attention to her when she was still alive.   She was an avid letter writer, typist and loyal friend to all lucky enough to know her.   How great it must have been to be considered a friend of hers.  Her lush life in France, the way its people and the country took to her and she to them as if coming home to where she was meant to be.  Learning the language, the ways and then the recipes and skillset of the French, Julia immersed herself in the culture as though she had met her soul's desire there.  Her husband Paul felt the same so they were soulmates in the place where both their souls loved to be.  So many adventures it is as though the woman lived several lives within one.   I enjoy learning all I can about how adversity inspires ingenuity and humor overcomes where skill later follows.  She seems like a ball of fun.   I recommend this book to adults as some of the beginning can be a little dry until the book gets going.