Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession - Hardcover

"Smart and compelling...Powell's steadfast femininity and confident voice are refreshing." (The San Francisco Chronicle)

"[A]n engaging writer. Fast, funny and observant...she's your mean best friend sending instant messages that make you snort at your desk." (The New York Times Book Review)

"Since her year spent cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, recounted in Julie & Julia, Julie Powell's mind has turned to meat. Cleaving follows Powell as she learns to butcher, and the process is inspired by, and dovetails with, a personal story – this time of her overcoming an affair that threatens her marriage. Pleasures of the flesh, indeed." (Vogue)

"Powell’s hectic, confiding style is the literary equivalent of a girly evening of dirty gossip over a bottle or five of Sauvignon blanc . . . her narrative is vivid, well-structured, intense and moving." (The Daily Mail)

"Ms. Powell is a wonderful prose writer." (The Wall Street Journal)

"Highly readable . . . beautiful writing, effortlessly filling pages with virtuoso descriptions of animal slaughter and human travail." (The Sunday Times)

From the bestselling author of Julie and Julia.