Po Bronson: A cook’s story
Posted on February 20, 2008
Filed Under Life
Po Bronson’s Why do I love these people struck a chord with me. I am glad to re-discover the chapter that affected me most – The Cook’s Story – online for free:
We’ve all lost something along the way.
In Jennifer Louie’s case, what she had lost was a belief that her family was a fundamentally essential thing, a meaningful purpose worth her devotion, a principle on which to build her life. Family is like Religion: there are all kinds, but when you get right down to it, you either believe, or you’re not sure, or you think it’s a crock of hooey. Jen had lost her belief. She had it in China, and she lost it when she came to America….
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