I received a free copy of, How to Share an egg, by Bonny Reichert, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Bonny Reichert father survived Holocaust. Food has always been a thing for Bonny, it can be comforting and used for survival. Food is a link to her past present and future. I enjoyed this book.

What an incredible, loving, vulnerable story this book tells. I have read a lot of accounts and stories about the Holocaust, but nothing like this one from a survivor’s child. The author expresses her generational trauma so clearly and it is such a sympathetic read. I loved the mix of her story alongside her father’s story, and the addition of how food was so important to her whole family. I will definitely return to this one again.

I received a free e-arc through Netgalley.
This memoir of a youngest daughter of a Holocaust survivor who feels the intergenerational trauma throughout her life. She loves food and cooking so it able to help her dad and herself with cooking childhood favorites from his happy childhood prior to the Holocaust. It was an emotional read at times. An interesting juxtaposition of food, travel, and memories.

I could not put this book down! There were so many moments I resonated with the author carrying the parental trauma and how she went through life dealing with it without realizing what it was. The mixed emotions and relationships with parents while living ones own life and the constant battle to be there and do her duty while honoring what she was needing and craving. And the realities of bringing that all together in a way that worked for her, a tangible, nourishing and relatable way. Must read for any daughter from any culture carrying their family history and the ways that the world around us doesn't honor or respect as well dealing with parents that have love/hate relationships with it as well.

Bravo to Bonnie for this moving story. It was much more than food and family. Her story runs deep and it’s brave and written very well. It left me thinking about the choices we make in our lives. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

How to Share an Egg is a culinary memoir that was reminiscent of Eat, Pray, Love. A wonderful story!