OUT OF LINE A Life of Playing With Fire

Christina Delaine narrates this audiobook with effervescent joy. Her enthusiasm for the cooking, dining, and restaurant experiences of chef Barbara Lynch makes her narration especially satisfying. Lynch's tough background and extraordinary success are well told and read with candor, exhilaration, and empathy. Whether it's the tough times growing up as a "wicked pissah" in south Boston or her rise to stardom in the food world, Delaine captures the spirit of this bootstrap restaurateur. Her narration skills are put to good use in an autobiography crammed with emotional highs and lows, both professional and personal. This food-centric audiobook celebrates a woman whose talent and passion triumphed over her lack of conventional education and professional training. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2017]