This was a pretty heavy book. I liked the book, but I didn’t really like the book. I have to say don’t read this book while you are trying to diet and trying to cut back on the food you are eating. The highlights of the book to me were French describing food.
A lot of the book felt like French saying they didn’t feel loved or respected enough by their dad. Don’t get me wrong, French went through a lot and she shows a lot of strength. My gut sunk when she said that she married Tom. I just knew that the marriage was going to end in disaster. Reading what he did to her made me sick to my stomach. I hate how she built a restaurant that she was so proud of and he took it all away from her. How can you marry someone, want to support them just to take everything from them? And then on top of that take their child from them that you adopted? I don’t know if there is a hero or villain in this story really, since everything is from French’s point of view, so there is clear bias.
Going to rehab is a hard choice. It’s something I’ve had to deal with, with my father. When French found out that Tom destroyed everything she had worked for she wanted to leave rehab and try and put things back together. Instead she chose to stay and fight because of her son. That is strength that I can recognize and appreciate. Going is hard, staying and recovering is even harder.
By the end of the memoir I was happy to see French’s successes. The true highlights of this book are French talking about food. Food is her passion and she loves the joy cooking for people brings her. The idea of her restaurant is really interesting to me. People don’t know what they are going to get. French is able to have so much freedom with her cooking. She is now surrounded by people who love and support her. She even adopted a dog (I am a huge sucker for dogs and I love that getting a dog helped her heal).
A lot of the book felt like French saying they didn’t feel loved or respected enough by their dad. Don’t get me wrong, French went through a lot and she shows a lot of strength. My gut sunk when she said that she married Tom. I just knew that the marriage was going to end in disaster. Reading what he did to her made me sick to my stomach. I hate how she built a restaurant that she was so proud of and he took it all away from her. How can you marry someone, want to support them just to take everything from them? And then on top of that take their child from them that you adopted? I don’t know if there is a hero or villain in this story really, since everything is from French’s point of view, so there is clear bias.
Going to rehab is a hard choice. It’s something I’ve had to deal with, with my father. When French found out that Tom destroyed everything she had worked for she wanted to leave rehab and try and put things back together. Instead she chose to stay and fight because of her son. That is strength that I can recognize and appreciate. Going is hard, staying and recovering is even harder.
By the end of the memoir I was happy to see French’s successes. The true highlights of this book are French talking about food. Food is her passion and she loves the joy cooking for people brings her. The idea of her restaurant is really interesting to me. People don’t know what they are going to get. French is able to have so much freedom with her cooking. She is now surrounded by people who love and support her. She even adopted a dog (I am a huge sucker for dogs and I love that getting a dog helped her heal).