Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'
by Paula Deen, Sherry Suib Cohen
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Author: Paula Deen, Sherry Suib CohenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-11-03
ISBN: 1439163359
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Reviews of Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'
Book Review: If she endured sleeping in an infested bed of cockroaches and sleeping with a married man for 10 years, anyone can make it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Paula Deen's self written biography titled,"It Ain't All About the Cookin".
I knew this woman had a story and I tell you she is more of an inspiration to me now than ever before. The trials and tribulations this woman has overcome from 20 years having
agoraphobia to her little boys stealing candy for food to the the gazillionaire she is today.
One excerpt from her book that will shock you. In addition to be married to an alcohol husband, both of her parents had passed, she never left her house for at least 20 years, kids stealing chocolate bars for food, she just .........divorced her husband Jimmy Deen of 27 years, the house went into foreclosure and had a 10 year affair with a married man (who would bring his wife into her restaurant to eat during those 10 years)...... she also suffered from depression.
Her depression was so bad that one night she came in late from working at the very 1st kitchen she rented at the Best Western to make dinner plates to sell for profit.
Anyway, she came home one late night and she admitted to not cleaning her home, because she was so depressed at how bad it had gotten, so she didn't bother to clean up or clean up after her birds who ate the same things she at, chicken wings, mac n cheese and butter beans, plus a whole bunch of droppings were everywhere. She turned on her bedroom light and flopped over her bed from exhaustion that evening. She then saw a huge black mass slowly move under her bed. She screamed and lifted her bed spread to see better, it was a mass of black, wiggling, shiny cockroaches with a million legs all running together scurrying fast. She said they were under her bed feeding, breeding the size of a dinner plate. She said she watched those bugs disappear in dark underbelly of her bed spread and into her bed springs.
She said," I didn't have anywhere else to go y'all". So she crawled back into the roach-infested bed and bedroom, cried all night and couldn't stop until she feel asleep.....She said that was when she hit rock bottom.
OMG!! I was in tears when I read this........This book is truly inspirational and a must read. I wrote her a thank you letter for writing the book and she sent me this.
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Summary of Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'
? Fans love Paula Deen: Paula Deen: It Ain?t About the Cookin? spent over 3 months on the New York Times bestseller list: there are over 500,000 hardcovers in print..? A superstar author: Paula Deen is an American icon. She is one of the most popular hosts on the Food Network and with more than 6 million books in print, an expanding restaurant empire, her own line of furniture, cookware, and tableware, Paula?s fame and retail power will only continue to grow..
? Rags-to-riches, the real Paula Deen: Starting with only $200 and plenty of faith and courage, Paula achieved success beyond her wildest dreams. She speaks to readers as frankly about her struggles along the way, including her difficult first marriage and her battle with agoraphobia. .
? Fairy tale marriage: Paula gives all the details on the romance with tugboat captain Michael Groover that ?captured the hearts of fans across the country. .
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