![]() ![]() ![]() except she thought that at least twice before. The last chapter deals with her new love, and she waxes poetic about how he is her soul mate, she finally found her happiness, etc. I only finished it because I was curious about what crisis would come next. It's all here: abusive spouses, poverty, religious cults, child molestation, anorexia, bing eating, sex addition, undocumented work status, mental breakdowns, etc. If it weren't true, I almost wouldn't believe it. ![]() She does talk about food some, but mostly the book is about her bizarre upbringing and what seems to me as lack of maturity well into her 30s. However, I think to call this a foodie memoir is a stretch. This book was suggested to me probably because of the subtitle "An Autobiography of My Appetites," and I generally like reading foodie books. Why does a 40-somthing author of average note need to write an autobiography? To be fair, I have not read any of Christensen's novels, so maybe her fans were clamoring to know more about her as a person. The main problem with this book I don't understand its purpose. ![]()
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