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Grace Dent
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Grace Dent
About this listen
WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD 2021
WINNER OF 2021 LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘Extraordinary. Vivid, irreverent, heartbreaking.’ NIGEL SLATER
‘So funny and so delicious. I could eat it.’ DAWN O’PORTER
‘Delicious.’ THE OBSERVER
From Frazzles to Foie Gras: a memoir of wanting more.
From an early age, Grace Dent was hungry. As a little girl growing up in Currock, Carlisle, she yearned to be something bigger, to go somewhere better.
Hungry traces Grace’s story from growing up eating beige food to becoming one of the much-loved voices on the British food scene. It’s also everyone’s story – from treats with your nan, to cheese and pineapple hedgehogs, to the exquisite joy of cheaply-made apple crumble with custard. It’s the high-point of a chip butty covered in vinegar and too much salt in the school canteen, on an otherwise grey day of double-Maths and cross country running. It’s the real story of how we have all lived, laughed, and eaten over the past 40 years.
Warm, funny and joyous, Hungry is also about love and loss, the central role that food plays in all our lives, and how a Cadbury’s Fruit ‘n’ Nut in a hospital vending machine can brighten the toughest situation.
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Critic reviews
‘Extraordinary. Vivid, irreverent, heartbreaking.’ NIGEL SLATER
‘So funny and so delicious. I could eat it.’ DAWN O’PORTER
‘… absolutely loved it. Add to your reading list now!’ NIGELLA LAWSON
‘I stayed awake LATE to finish and honest-to-god it’s WONDERFUL! Deliciously honest about ambition, family secrets, loneliness, success, it’s all here! It’s a HUGELY engaging and satisfying read.’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Charming, readable and resonating … this is British comfort food in book form’ STYLIST
‘A moving account of family and ambition’ VOGUE
‘Full of audacious, vodka-dry humour, Hungry is also tender and touching, she writes about her father’s dementia with heartbreaking honesty.’ RED
‘Funny and poignant account of life with her father and how it shaped her relationship with food…Dent is a fine comic writer, but she is also superb on grief and the small moments of connection that offer a way through.' THE OBSERVER
‘Tender and witty, the book is both a love letter to George, whose eventual decline from dementia she recounts, and the food that brought them together.’ THE GUARDIAN
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- CagR
- 26-05-21
Brilliant
Warm and fuzzy and acerbic and heartfelt with butterscotch angel delight what’s not to like?
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- Ms Julie-Ann Coll
- 23-03-21
Deliciously entertaining!
Loved it. Beautifully read. Entertaining, relatable, heart breaking and just lovely. Highly recommend! Great listen.
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- Omega
- 27-04-21
brilliantly written and regaled
I normally find it harder to get into audiobooks but Graces voice, both literally and figuratively, is gripping. The structure of the story really keeps the pace going and she balances entertainment and emotion brilliantly. one of my favourite books of the year so far and I usually prefer fiction. definitely up there with one of the best memoirs too, just beautiful.
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- G.
- 22-06-21
Entertaining!
I was surprised at this novel, it really is almost a love story on Northern family life.
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- caroline pegg
- 11-09-21
Fabulous!
What a fabulous book that hit every emotion. I loved the description of all the food from the food that I remember as a child to the high end restaurant. But what stands out is Grace Dent’s descriptions and memories of her family, particularly of her father and his battle with dementia. The book is made so personal as it is read by Grace Dent.
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- Vicuña
- 25-06-21
Heartbreaking and heartwarming
Read the book and the audio version is even better. Grace puts her stamp on the narration really brings it to life
She tells an amazing story and it’s filled with humour, compassion and insight. Brilliant.
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- Antony Heywood
- 09-06-22
So Much More Than Food
I loved this, listened in three sittings. Beautifully written, funny, touching, honest, open. A reflection on childhood, class, memory, family and growing up in the 1970s and 80s. Lots of touchstones for me from the food, music references and those early days at Uni. I think we must be similar ages which I think helps with the resonance of some of the cultural/pop culture references. Well worth the download.
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- MRS ALISON A CAIRNS
- 24-03-24
One of the best books
So enjoyed this book so warm, loved the connection first class thank you so much
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- AJFenton
- 29-08-21
Remembering Food
This is a story about memory and food. To some extent it is a story about Grace Dent’s life but that would make it sound too dry. It’s richer than that - with gravy, findus crispy pancakes and Cadbury’s fruit and nut. I didn’t grow up in Currock but my life was influenced by the same food - I recognised our commonalities.
The Cumbrian -scouse lilt of Ms Dent’s voice brought the narration alive.
I became quickly invested in , not only the food, but also the story. Excellently told.
I was also in Penrith Sainsbury’s on Christmas Eve 2018. Who knew?
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- Mr. N. Hovell
- 18-07-21
A joy to listen to Grace Dent's autobiography
Told with warmth, joy and a razor sharp wit, Grace Dent's "Hungry" is not to be missed. Fabulous book and lovely to hear her narrate it
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