Description
In more than thirty books, M.F.K. Fisher forever changed the way Americans understood not only the art of eating but the art of living. Whether considering the oyster or describing how to cook a wolf, she addressed the universal needs for food and security and love. Readers were instantly drawn into her circle of husbands and lovers, artists and artisans; they felt they knew Fisher herself, whether they encountered her as a child with a fried-egg sandwich in her pocket, a young bride awakening to the glories of French food, or a seductress proffering the first peas of the season.
Oldest child, wife, mother, mistress, self-made career woman, trailblazing writer-Fisher served up each role with panache. But like many other master stylists, she was also a master mythologizer. To retell her story as it really happened, Joan Reardon has made the most of her access to Fisher, her family and friends, and her private papers. This multifaceted portrayal of the woman John Updike christened our poet of the appetites is no less memorable than the personae Fisher crafted for herself.Author: Joan Reardon
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 509
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780865476219
ISBN10: 0865476217
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
About the Author
Joan Reardon is the author of four previous books, including M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters, which was nominated for a Julia Child Award. She lives in Lake Forest, Illinois.
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