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Title: Cleaving

Subtitle: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

Author: Julie Powell

Narrator: Julie Powell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-09

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 86 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do - until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her new memoir, Cleaving.

Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details of food. She learns how to break down a side of beef and French a rack of ribs - tough, physical work that only sometimes distracts her from thoughts of afternoon trysts.

Members Reviews:

Boldly written and read

A story for humans. We aren't perfect, we do have faults, well, at least most of us.Chick lit isn't my usual read, but this one was a great choice. The author's reading was great, her voice is not that of a professional reader, but that just makes it more real.

Wow

I loved this book. It's VERY different from Julie & Julia, a much darker and real book. Julie shares the realities of a very difficult time in her marriage and not many people would be so honest and open about their own shortcomings. I hope Julie Powell will continue to write. She has a real gift for laughing at herself, even in the worst of times.

kind of sad

Cleaving isn't like the first book. It's mostly about the author's obsessive love affair. She isn't so likeable any more. She seems to wallow in cheating on her husband. Yes, the book is written well but a lot of yuck. Yuck being her obsession with butchering meat and her obsession with cheating on her hubby. Really, this was kind of a downer. Not what I look for in the books I read.

Not worth it!

The only thing that redeemed this book was that it was read by the author. After reading Julie and Julia I knew the author was a little crass but this book should never have been published. I feel terrible for her husband and even for her lover that their lives have been laid bare before the world. Despite lots of statements to the contrary I don't think the author knows who she is yet and it is sad to read of someone who is so adrift. The story is not worth your credits!

cringe worthy

I am a meat safety inspector. I got hopeful for a book written by a female about the art of butchery....

but, oh dear lord, some biological and regulatory things that were just Wrong!

The more I listened the more it drove me crazy, I give zero cares about her marriage, and apparently she does too...

but if you are going to this book to learn about agriculture and/or butchery.. reverse and run, this book is Not worth it for that.