Cleaving（ISBN=） 英文原版

Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child’s
Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing
she’d ever do–until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her
new memoir, CLEAVING.Her marriage challenged by an insane,
irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse
herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to
Fleischer’s, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details
of food. She learns how to break down a side of beef and French a
rack of ribs–tough, physical work that only sometimes distracts
her from thoughts of afternoon trysts.

The camaraderie at Fleischer’s leads Julie to search out fellow
butchers around the world–from South America to Europe to Africa.
At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps
even mastered her unruly heart.

After a misspent youth involving loads of dead-end jobs and
several questionable decisions, Julie Powell, author of Julie and
Julia, has found her calling as a writer-cum-butcher. She lives in
Long Island City, Queens, when she isn’t in Kingston, NY, cutting
up animals.

“As intoxicating as baked bone marrow… Powell is reckless,
yes, but also incredibly brave as she cuts through the raw flesh of
her marriage, exposing every quivering nerve. It is an evisceration
not without its insight and hard-won rewards. It’s also funny…The
book’s joys are many… In her self-gutting story we see our own
fleshy vulnerabilities when it comes to the intricacies of
love.”
–Houston Chronicle An engaging writer.

“Fast, funny and observant…she’s your mean best friend sending
instant messages that make you snort at your desk.”
–New York Times Book Review