{"product_id":"trail-of-crumbs","title":"Trail of Crumbs","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jim Harrison says, \"Trail of Crumbs reminds me of what heavily costumed and concealed waifs we all are.  Kim Sunv©e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  When Kim Sunv©e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Fast-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Kim takes readers on a lyrical journey from Korea to New Orleans to Paris and, 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\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786720637107,"sku":"9780446697903","price":852.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477297429780446697903.jpg?v=1762807053","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/trail-of-crumbs","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}