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    "description": "<p><span>A delectable memoir about the transformative power of food,&nbsp;</span><span>Blue Plate Special&nbsp;</span><span>is a deeply personal narrative in which food becomes the vehicle for exploring a life. Here, novelist Kate Christensen tells her own story, from her unorthodox childhood in 1960s Berkeley as the daughter of a legal activist who ruled the house with his fists to her extraordinary success as a PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author. Hungry not just for food, but for love and a sense of belonging, Christensen writes honestly about her struggle to find the contentment she has always yearned for. A beautifully written account of a knockabout life, full of sorrows, pleasures&mdash;and, of course, food&mdash;</span><span>Blue Plate Special</span><span>&nbsp;is a delicious reading experience</span></p>",
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