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Most of all, I thank Eric and D. Writing your own story is easy enough; having your story written by another is hard. I am
grateful down to my toes to you both, for your generosity and grace in handling a situation difficult and not of your choosing.

After a misspent youth involving loads of dead-end jobs and several questionable decisions, Julie Powell, the author of
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously,
has found her calling as a writer-cum-butcher. She lives in Long Island City, Queens, when she isn't in Kingston, New York,
cutting up animals.