Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 014311767X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The New York Times restaurant critic's heartbreaking and hilarious account of how he learned to love food just enough Frank Bruni was born round. And with food his friend and enemy both, his jitters focused primarily on whether he'd finally made some sense of that relationship. His relationship with eating was difficult and his struggle with it began early. Round as in stout, chubby, and always hungry. When named the restaurant critic for The New York Times in 2004, he knew he would be performing one of the most watched tasks in the epicurean universe. A captivating story of his unpredictable journalistic odyssey as well as his lifelong lo
kari from greensboro said Loved it!. I read this book in a few days. It was a brutally honest story of his life. Much different from others out there who have lost weight, and decide to write a book about it. He is a gifted author and the book was very well written. I've already copied the last few pages highlighting some of his quotes, no mir. "A Memoir Focused on A Food Critic's Battle of The Bulge" according to Michelle R. How much someone likes this book is liable to be a direct result of how much they can relate to Frank Bruni's persistent battle with his weight -- the fad diets, the punishing exercises, the binges and purges, and the obsession with "do these pants make my butt look big?"Frank Bruni is from a big Italian fa. Bruni Talks With His Mouth Full Amazon Customer This is not just a well written autobiography by one of the worlds most famous eaters. It is the careful chronical of a train wreck love affair between a boy and his food. The ups and downs of the scale match those of this political reporter(He wrote:Ambling into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. B
I'd deal with my love life once I got thinner. While Bruni's story is peppered with humor, his disgust at himself as he yo-yo's up to size 42 khakis at the Gap and endures years-long patches of celibacy leaves the reader aching in empathy. From adolescence through adulthood, Bruni was on the losing side of maintaining a healthy relationship with food, and eventually his inability to control his hunger--manifested in bulimia, convenience store binges, and bouts of sleep eating--defined his life. It put life on hiatus, making the present a larded limbo between a past normalcy and a future one. Best of the Month, August 2009: How a man with a lifel