Already 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 An
Italian Affair, this is a unique memoir about the search for identity
through love, hunger, and food.
Jim Harrison says, "Trail of Crumbs reminds me of what heavily costumed
and concealed waifs we all are. Kim Sunv(c)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."
When Kim Sunv(c)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.
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.
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.
