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    The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery, and Paris
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    The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery, and Paris

    Written by Jackie Kai Ellis

    Narrated by Jackie Kai Ellis

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    INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER. For fans of Eat Pray Love, Wild, and H is for Hawk, The Measure of My Powers is the story of one woman's search for self-love, experienced through food and travel.

    On the surface, Jackie Kai Ellis's life was the one that she and every woman wanted. She was in her late twenties and married to a handsome man, she had a successful career as a designer, and she had a beautiful home. But instead of feeling fulfilled, happy, and loved, each morning she'd wake up dreading the day ahead, searching for a way out. Depression clouded every moment, the feelings of inadequacy that had begun in childhood now consumed her, and her marriage was slowly transforming into one between strangers–unfamiliar, childless, and empty. In the darkness, she could only find one source of light: the kitchen. It was the place where Jackie escaped, finding peace, comfort, and acceptance.

    This is the story of one woman's journey to find herself. Armed with nothing but a love of food and the words of the 20th-century food writer M.F.K. Fisher, she travels from France to Italy, then the Congo, and back again. Along the way, she goes to pastry school in Paris, eats the most perfect apricots over the Tuscan hills, watches a family of gorillas grazing deep in the Congolese brush, has her heart broken one last time on a bridge in Lyon, and, ultimately, finds a path to life and joy.

    Told with insight and intimacy, and radiating with warmth and humor, The Measure of My Powers is an inspiring memoir, and an unforgettable experience of the senses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9780525610205
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    • 5/5
      I read the print version of this book in a span of 2 days. Her descriptions are so vivid and rich you can practically taste the food! It has a depth and vulnerability I found so much more authentic and simple than Eat Pray Love, and a wonderful portrait of growing up amongst different cultures. I am such a fan of Jackie, and highly recommend this book to anyone who loves food, memoirs and needs a good-old-fashioned cry.
    • 5/5
      A quick read but very inspiring. Before I was done with the book I was googling phrases like “french pastry classes near me”, “cooking classes in paris”, “how to move to France” and “french language classes” - things escalated fast. Clearly I was inspire!