I did make it through this book from the library discard shelf.
"Trail of Crumbs" by Kim Sunee.
This book is a memoir, which is mostly my favorite type of book.
The author was born in Korea but was abandoned at a marketplace there when she was 3 years old. She was adopted by an American family and raised in New Orleans, where, at an early age she developed an interest in cooking and a love of food. Only about 20 pages of the book are about her life up to college age and much of that is spent explaining how she never felt as though she "fit in" ...at school or at home.
While in college, Ms Sunee was able to live in Europe through a study program and it is there that she began to feel more at home - but still felt disconnected, knowing nothing about her birth family and why she had been abandoned.
This disconnected feeling is a cloud that always hangs over her...even after she meets and begins a long term relationship with Olivier, the wealthy founder of L'Occitane , a bath products company. In spite of seemingly "having everything", the author insists on constantly looking inside herself to find that spot of unhappiness.
Overall, the book is well written but is a downer to read...especially when there are so many inspirational memoirs written by those who overcame huge obstacles to work toward what they wanted in life...they worked toward happiness.
It was interesting to read her experiences but difficult to have sympathy for this intelligent and beautiful author who is unable to appreciate a lifestyle and a relationship that most people could only dream of. Being in her early 20's, perhaps she was just too young and inexperienced to realize what she had. Maybe she is just one of those people who can't ever be happy.
So, I can't say I would recommend this book - just because of the gloomy outlook on things.
Food and cooking is a theme throughout the book and there are recipes at the end of some of the chapters.
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