Julie Powell is the author of the bestselling memoir Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously. She is the recipient of two James Beard awards and the 2006 Quill Book Award for Debut Author of the Year, and has contributed to Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, the New York Times Magazine, and Archaeology magazine. She lives in Queens, New York.
Excerpt: Lost in Space
by Julie Powell
"The first time he slapped me, I flinched. He didn't apologize. Instead, he gave me a conspiratorial smile, and slapped me again, hard across the face. I gasped, but in truth, it didn’t hurt much. Not, I realized with a small prick of surprise, quite enough."

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