Non-Fiction Pick of the Week: Blood, Bones and Butter

Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton 2011

This memoir proves that sometimes what we learn when we’re young stays with us for our entire lives. This is true, not only for Gabrielle Hamilton’s inevitable path into making food for others, but also her troubling inability to maintain healthy relationships. As Hamilton’s once idyllic childhood comes to an abrupt end with a divorce and subsequent abandonment, she sets her life on a course of hard living and independence. This no-holds-barred, quickly moving narrative allows the reader an uncensored view into the complex world of the author - from her lesbian relationships, to her heterosexual marriage, and from her low-paying kitchen jobs to owning her own restaurant.