I have read every book on Julia Child, and I had the great privilege of meeting her once. This is the best of all the books, by a long shot, well-researched and insightful. Highly recommended.

This book holds your interest from beginning to end! The parade of characters and Julia's spirit shine thru. What a marvelous, unique person she was!

I've read all of the recent Julia Child biographies and this is the best and most complete yet. It gives deep insight into the psyche of this American icon. It is a page turner even though it is over 500 pages in paper form. Bob Spitz has done a really thorough job of documenting her life, beginning and ending with her life in California. He paints a picture of an attractive but somewhat difficult person for whom getting things right was a major driver. I especially liked getting the details of her intelligence assignment in Asia during WWII. It puts real meat on both her book writing and TV careers. By the end of the book one feels that you've met a good friend in Julia. In fact, the final pages describing her death almost brought tears.