About this title: Joan Reardon's engaging and extremely thorough biography of M.F.K. Fisher uses interviews with her subject and with Fisher's family and friends, as well as incursions into Fisher's own papers, to paint a candid portrait of a complicated woman. Emphasizing the fact that Fisher was not only one of the first major food writers but one who enriched ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 2005-10-12
ISBN-13:9780865476219ISBN:0865476217
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
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Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780865475625ISBN:0865475628
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"I've never read any M.F.K. Fisher. She's on my list, obviously, but I wondered if starting out with a biography might work. You know, to provide some background and context to her actual body of work. Also, I had this book but nothing of M.F.K.'s, so that played into the decision-making process as well."
"I already have an obsessive reverence for MFK Fisher's persona as a writer of gastronomy, that irresistible and savory blend of erudite reference, bon mots, opinionated quips, emotion, breezy conversational prose. All the lives and all the loves of the woman behind the voice are likewise intense and stubborn and fascinating. But MFK is a bit of a pinned butterfly here. I would recommend reading The Art of Eating by MFK Fisher herself first."
"A rather exhaustive, yet ultimately unfulfilling look at the life of Mary Frances. Reardon enjoys incredible access to her correspondance and assorted papers, but one comes away from this rather weighty tome feeling frustrated by a lack of analysis of the very complex, controversial life of its subject."
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