Alex Prud'homme's Books
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The Ripple EffectAlex Prud'homme's remarkable work of investigative journalism shows how fresh water is the pressing global issue of the twenty-first century.Read More
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Summit Daily News, April 26, 2013
...Children are exceptionally good at motivating us to be better people. They're like little sponges, and if the message they are soaking up is simple and intuitive, they'll hold onto it forever. That's the idea behind getting children involved with the...
Summit Daily News, March 22, 2013
...except our own attitudes.?In ?The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century,? author Alex Prud'Homme states: ?Every time man uses water, it sets off a widening ripple effect that has consequences few people understand.? To help us...
Chicago Tribune, September 10, 2012
...on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford, "My Life in France" by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand and "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson. We didn't like: "Luncheon of the...
WNYC, September 4, 2012
...you'll be registered to win a hardcover copy of My Life in France , by Julia Childs and Alex Prud'homme, our selection this month! Alex Prud'homme will be here September 13 to discuss it. Find out more about the book, the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club,...
WNYC, August 14, 2012
...Lopate Show Book Club selection for August-September is her memoir, My Life in France , written with her grand-nephew Alex Prud’homme . He joins us to talk about her life, how she learned to cook in France, and how she became a brilliant teacher and...
Star-Telegram, August 8, 2012
...to the Child canon, I urge you to read first her lovely memoir, written with Paul's grandnephew Alex Prud'homme and posthumously published as My Life in France [Knopf, 2006].) A few days before I started reading Dearie, I'd come across Calvin Tomkins'...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 8, 2012
...$29.95). Expanding greatly on the popular "My Life in France" (2006), co-written by Child and her grandnephew Alex Prud'homme, this new book covers Child's full life, from gawky schoolgirl to rebellious collegian, government service worker abroad,...
Summit Daily News, April 26, 2013
...Children are exceptionally good at motivating us to be better people. They're like little sponges, and if the message they are soaking up is simple and intuitive, they'll hold onto it forever. That's the idea behind getting children involved with the...
Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 2013
...a form of high art. In her book, “My Life in France,” which she co-authored with her nephew, Alex Prud'Homme, Julia describes experiencing true French cuisine for the first time when she and Paul arrived in Rouen, France: “Rouen is famous for its...
Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2012
...cry from the home of Jell-O, Crisco and Heinz canned foods that she knew as a kid. Says Alex Prud'homme, her grand-nephew and coauthor of "My Life in France," "I'm sure she would be thrilled."...
The Independent, November 8, 2012
...is his life... in the kitchen and on TV. 10. My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme £8.99, ducknet.co.uk Once a brash California girl who didn't speak one word of French. This traces the beginnings of her love for French food...
Herald & Review, September 4, 2012
...was not for sale. "It was sort of a life philosophy that she had," her great nephew, Alex Prud'homme, said, recalling how she frequently remarked, "Your name is your most valuable asset, and you should be very careful how it's used." Eight years after...
WNYC, September 4, 2012
...you'll be registered to win a hardcover copy of My Life in France , by Julia Childs and Alex Prud'homme, our selection this month! Alex Prud'homme will be here September 13 to discuss it. Find out more about the book, the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club,...
Huffington Post, August 29, 2012
..."My Life in France" was published after her death in 2004 with the help of her great nephew, Alex Prud'homme. The book chronicled Julia's life with her husband in post-World War II France, and eventually became a bestseller...
