How to Share an Egg

Debut author Bonny Reichert is no stranger to writing, as an award-winning journalist who has long written about food and parenting. How to Share an Egg is a deeply moving memoir about growing up with a father who survived the Holocaust and lost nearly everything (family, heritage, health, belongings) in the process. When he immigrated to Canada after the war, he brought with him food and memories. When your father barely survived on scraps during a mass extermination, you learn to have an appreciation for all food. As Bonny grew into adulthood, her father told her more and more about his experiences in the ghetto and extermination camps; it haunted her and she suffered generational trauma. Until she was in her forties, she avoided anything to do with the horrors of the Holocaust. This memoir is not only her father’s story, but a moving look at her life and the food that helped define her. She grew up on rich Polish food and but branched out as she taught herself to cook food from cookbooks and eventually went to culinary school. Narrated beautifully by the author herself, Bonny’s cadence and rhythm make this a calming and moving story to listen to and engage with. It’s a love story to her family, identity, and food. Verdict – not just foodies will eat up this memoir, this story has something for everyone. Extremely compelling.  – Erin Cataldi