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4.49 AVERAGE
4.49 AVERAGE
such a great and sad and interesting read, will absolutely be going back to watch fatima in her element in chopped and top chef !
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An entertaining, beautiful, heart wrenching, and inspiring biography.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia
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A beautiful and absolutely heartrending account of Fatima Ali's life and indomitable spirit. Through pure happenstance, I started reading the book on the sixth anniversary of her passing. By far the most emotionally impactful book I've read in a while.
I’ve been a fan of Top Chef for a long time, and really loved Fatima’s season. After following Fatima and her story, I knew I needed to read this. Every word is so well written and her (and her mother’s) story is incredible. My eyes had tears in them most of the book, and Fatima so beautifully articulates life, love, & loss. Going to be thinking about this book for a long time!
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This book is so very, very, very good.
It is a beautiful telling of a life taken WAY too soon - but also one that truly didn't squander a minute of it.
Chef Fatima Ali I applaud you. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
Part of a five book culinary themed set from my TBR list:
Book 1: Golden Spoon
Book 2: Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking and Living from Revolutionary Women
Book 3: Black Cake
Book 4: Savor, A Chef's Hunger for More
Book 5: Piglet, A Novel.
It is a beautiful telling of a life taken WAY too soon - but also one that truly didn't squander a minute of it.
Chef Fatima Ali I applaud you. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
Part of a five book culinary themed set from my TBR list:
Book 1: Golden Spoon
Book 2: Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking and Living from Revolutionary Women
Book 3: Black Cake
Book 4: Savor, A Chef's Hunger for More
Book 5: Piglet, A Novel.
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I loved Fatima’s drive, energy, and spunk on Top Chef. This memoir (so much more well written than many and infused with chapters from her mother) was part intergenerational family story, part chef’s journey, part raw reflection on the horrors of cancer and another life cut short. I’m glad I picked this one up, as it will stay with me for a while.
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