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Julia's Cats: Julia Child's Life in the Company of Cats Hardcover – August 1, 2012
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From Julia’s and Paul’s letters and original interviews with those who knew her best, Patricia Barey and Therese Burson have gathered fresh stories and images that offer a delightfully intimate view of a beloved icon.
Praise for Julia's Cats:
“A cat-centric biography of Julia Child? Why not? The back book jacket quotes Child herself as saying, ‘Really, the more I cook, the more I like to cook. To think that it has taken me 40 yrs. to find my true creative hobby and passion (cat and husb. excepted).’ This book ably braids these three strands of Child’s life. The many feline fanciers out there will surely enjoy the photographs of the cats, many taken by her husband, Paul Child.” —Chicago Tribune
“It's clear that all the cats that passed through her life gave her joy and comfort, probably in ways that food and even Paul could not. Having that perspective of this grande dame makes her seem all the more human and wonderfully admirable to me.” —Epicurious
“This compact, entertaining read is filled with personal photos and letters that document the role cats played in Julia's life as she moved from Paris to Provence, Cambridge to California.” —Shelf Awareness
- Print length144 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarry N. Abrams
- Publication dateAugust 1, 2012
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- ISBN-101419702750
- ISBN-13978-1419702754
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- Publisher : Harry N. Abrams; 1st edition (August 1, 2012)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 144 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1419702750
- ISBN-13 : 978-1419702754
- Item Weight : 11.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #521,733 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #370 in French Cooking, Food & Wine
- #641 in Cat Care
- #1,048 in Culinary Biographies & Memoirs
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About the authors

Patricia Barey, a writer and filmmaker, won two Emmys during her career at Chicago public television. She became a fan of Julia Child the moment she saw her lift a spoon to her lips, close her eyes and sigh, “Magnifique!” With Therese Burson, Pat owns a media company that produces documentaries about the work of extraordinary people who have changed our world.
What better story to tell than that of the woman who transformed the way America eats and thinks about food? They pulled down their butter-stained copies of Julia’s masterworks on the art of French cooking, and over a bubbling pot of boeuf bourguignon, decided to find out all they could about this beloved icon.
They dug deep into her letters and family photos and were thrilled to find intimate details of her daily life: her love affair with husband Paul, French food and Paris. And they made a delicious discovery – the secret ingredient in Julia’s joie de vivre was a lifelong passion for pussycats. They knew Julia’s story wouldn’t be complete unless it included Julia’s cats.
Pat lives in Tucson, Arizona with two chats lunatiques, Ella and Rosie.

Therese Burson taught college literature – everything from Beowulf to Virginia Woolf - and worked as a free-lance writer on several public television projects before she and Patricia Barey, a TV producer/director, formed their own media production company. Their mission was to tell the stories of people whose pioneering work in the fields of medicine, culture and the arts they admire.
A fervent Francophile and cook, Terry naturally fell in love with the “French Chef.” Julia Child was just the kind of visionary and larger-than-life personality she and Pat were drawn to.
Curious about what made this extraordinary woman so joyous, they dug deep into her letters and family photos, and were thrilled to find intimate details of her daily life: her love affair with husband Paul, French food and Paris. And they made a delicious discovery – the secret ingredient in Julia’s joie de vivre was a lifelong passion for pussycats. They knew Julia’s story wouldn’t be complete unless it included Julia’s cats.
Terry lives in the Chicago area, in a maison currently sans chat.
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Although the telling sometimes became a tad too twee for me, I enjoyed reading about Julia Child's life. I probably would have enjoyed it more had "JuPaul" packed up the cats along with the cookbooks when they moved.









