{"product_id":"9780446697903","title":"Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlready hailed as \"brave, emotional, and gorgeously written\" by Frances Mayes and \"like a piece of dark chocolate—bittersweet, satisfying, and finished all too soon\" by Laura Fraser, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Italian Affair,\u003c\/i\u003e this is a unique memoir about the search for identity through love, hunger, and food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Harrison says, \"TRAIL OF CRUMBS reminds me of what heavily costumed and concealed waifs we all are. Kim Sunée tells us so much about the French that I never learned in 25 trips to Paris, but mostly about the terrors and pleasure of that infinite octopus, love. A fine book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Kim Sunée was three years old, her mother took her to a marketplace, deposited her on a bench with a fistful of food, and promised she'd be right back. Three days later a policeman took the little girl, clutching what was now only a fistful of crumbs, to a police station and told her that she'd been abandoned by her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast-forward almost 20 years and Kim's life is unrecognizable. Adopted by a young New Orleans couple, she spends her youth as one of only two Asian children in her entire community. At the age of 21, she becomes involved with a famous French businessman and suddenly finds herself living in France, mistress over his houses in Provence and Paris, and stepmother to his eight year-old daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim takes readers on a lyrical journey from Korea to New Orleans to Paris and Provence, along the way serving forth her favorite recipes. A love story at heart, this memoir is about the search for identity and a book that will appeal to anyone who is passionate about love, food, travel, and the ultimate search for self.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011634774256,"sku":"9780446697903","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780446697903_p0.jpg?v=1769894918","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780446697903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}