Review of “Julie & Julia”
by HOLLY HAGAN
My first introduction to the book Julie & Julia was in 2007, when I attended the Tin House Writers Workshop and had a three-minute meeting with the book’s editor. The meeting was for us to pitch our ideas and for the editors to give suggestions. I was so nervous I wanted to puke and the three minutes seemed to drag on for an eternity as I stumbled through the plot of my novel.
When I saw the book in Barnes & Noble a few months later, I didn’t buy it. Although Julie Powell had everything I wanted-a best-selling novel and movie rights-Julie & Julie, I felt, was below my own literary aspirations. [Read more...]
