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Title: Julie is a poor substitute for Nora E
Review: Loved the movie so much I had to read both source books. Started with Julia's book and then moved to this one. I have never appreciated Nora Ephron so much until I saw what she did with this second class material. It plods along with not enough cooking as well as not enough life. Julie's most interesting scenes in the movie did not come from this book -- they were obviously Nora's creation. I did love the bits of Paul's (Child) letters that separated a few of the chapters. This books cries out for more Paul. I seem to remember reading a movie review that called for more Julia and less Julie. That goes triple at least for this book.
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