Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey. Inas gift is to make everything look easy, yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work, audacious choices, and exquisite attention to detail. In her unmistakable voice (no one tells a story like Ina), she brings her past and her process to life in a high-spirited and no-holds-barred memoir that chronicles decades of personal challenges, adventures (and misadventures) and unexpected career twists, all delivered with her signature combination of playfulness and purpose. From a difficult childhood to meeting the love of her life, Jeffrey, and marrying him while still in college, from a boring bureaucratic job in Washington, D.C., to answering an ad for a specialty food store in the Hamptons, from the owner of one Barefoot Contessa shop to author of bestselling cookbooks and celebrated television host, Ina has blazed her own trail and, in the meantime, taught millions of people how to cook and entertain. Now, she invites them to come closer to experience her story in vivid detail and to share the…

  • Product Features

    • Ina Garten (Author)
    • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
    • Publication Date: 10-01-2024
    • Page Count: 320
    • Hardcover
    • Cookbooks
    • 6.3 (w) x 9.1(h) x 1.2 (d)
    • ISBN: 9780593799895

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3 months ago
from Rangeley, ME

fantastic on audio

If there’s one thing that my mother and I wholeheartedly agree on, it’s In Ina Garten We Trust! I spent many afternoons after school watching Barefoot Contessa with my mom and every new cookbook release, I buy for my mom for Christmas or her birthday. Ina is one of my favorite television personalities so I was very excited to check out her memoir. Despite her prolific career, I felt like I didn’t know much about her personal life and how she got to where she is today. This was great on audio as it’s read by Ina herself (always my preference with memoirs) and it’s a quick listen. I’ve seen other reviews saying that listening to this felt like you were in her kitchen, sharing a cup of coffee as she tells you stories of her life and I definitely agree. Some great life lessons to take away too!

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8 months ago

Love her!

Got this to give at Christmas... a memoir, so cool!

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9 months ago
from Sun City West, AZ

Loved this book, so inspirational

I am 61 years old and after reading this I felt like I could do just about anything. This woman is amazing and her love story is fabulous. How great is that!

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9 months ago
from Glen Cove, NY

Inspirational

Whether you like to cook or not, whether you like Ina Garten or not, you will be inspired by her tenacity of purpose, when you read her memoir. I love Ina Garten. I have all of her cookbooks and she is my “go to” when I want to feel inspired to create a delicious dish or to simply make her classic roasted chicken. But, as I’ve said, she’s much more than her recipes. Her memoir is actually an instruction for “life” and how courage and moral strength can propel you to change your present existence and reach for more. This memoir is an honest journey by Ina Garten, with all its stumbling blocks, hurts, impediments and barriers. The wonderful life that Ina and Jeffrey enjoy today was not handed to them on a silver platter but was created through enormous hard work and sacrifice. And a big take away is their incredible relationship, that was nurtured by both of them, through the years. Having a devoted and supportive partner, as Ina reveals, is tantamount to a successful and productive life. #BeReadyWhenTheLuckHappens, #inaGarten, #CrownNewYork, #goodreads,#LocustValleyBookstore.

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10 months ago
from Connecticut

Like a friend along for the journey!

Absolutely love this this book! I read in two days, it was soooo good!!! So interesting, Ina writes as well as she cooks! If you enjoy food & an inspiring life story, it's a great read.. A few special recipes included, too!

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10 months ago
from Pittsburgh, PA

A true gem

I have always enjoyed Ina’s shows and cookbooks but truly never knew much about her life besides that Jeffrey is her husband and that she worked in government for awhile! Well… that a life filled with courage, hard work, and Jeffrey’s love. This memoir is incredible! I cried, I giggled, and my heart grew. I highly recommend this book!

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11 months ago
from B&N Home Office

Like having a conversation with Ina Garten

Ina Garten is one of the most recognizable chefs out there. If you've ever watched Barefoot Contessa (and who hasn't?) you'll find that reading this memoir is like listening to one of her shows, with her easygoing conversation style of writing detailing her life leading up to & beyond the screen. If you're an Ina Garten fan, love to cook, or simply want some inspiration on what hard work can achieve, this is the memoir to read.

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