âFinding Freedom,â by Erin French (Celadon)
Erin French is a rising culinary star known for intimate gourmet dinners crafted from hyperlocal ingredients. Her magical restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, is located in an abandoned 19th century mill in her tiny hometown of Freedom, Maine. Thereâs even a show about the restaurant on Chip and Joanna Gainesâ Magnolia Network.
Sounds like a classic American success story, right? But as is so often the case, success did not come easy. French chronicles her struggles, failures and triumphs in a lyrically written new memoir, âFinding Freedom.â
The book begins with her idyllic childhood in rural Maine. But climbing trees and chasing frogs soon gives way to working long hours in her fatherâs diner. Heâs a callous man who grins as his dog tears a live rooster to bits, and he wonât stop his drunk buddies from making sexual remarks about Frenchâs teenage body. Despite their fraught relationship, what F
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