I must admit that I had never heard of Grace Dent before I started reading Hungry.
As a person of a certain age, I enjoyed her fond and tongue in cheek descriptions of her family life and diet in the seventies and eighties and also of life before instant communication and knowledge which is now provided by the internet. She tricked her way into her first proper job in journalism in London by working as a temporary unpaid assistant and then shredding the applications sent in by the competition thus securing the permanent position for herself when it was advertised. However, time and her subsequent popularity have proven that she was well up to the job.
I loved her comparisons between her family life and that of the celebrities she mixed with and her witty criticism of the pretentiousness of some ‘high class’ restaurants - their menus and staff.
Despite her lowly beginnings, she still finds time for her parents as they age and their health declines.
A lovely memoir written with love and humour.
As a person of a certain age, I enjoyed her fond and tongue in cheek descriptions of her family life and diet in the seventies and eighties and also of life before instant communication and knowledge which is now provided by the internet. She tricked her way into her first proper job in journalism in London by working as a temporary unpaid assistant and then shredding the applications sent in by the competition thus securing the permanent position for herself when it was advertised. However, time and her subsequent popularity have proven that she was well up to the job.
I loved her comparisons between her family life and that of the celebrities she mixed with and her witty criticism of the pretentiousness of some ‘high class’ restaurants - their menus and staff.
Despite her lowly beginnings, she still finds time for her parents as they age and their health declines.
A lovely memoir written with love and humour.