This was such a moving book. As the daughter of a holocaust survivor I can relate to many of the stories she tells about her father. I also love how she weaves food into every aspect of his life. My father also talked about the food his mother cooked, before the concentration camps when food was plentiful. Having enough to eat was a priority in our household and every joyous occasion revolved around meals. I admit that has carried down to my life. The writing is wonderful and sharing her pain, anxiety and fears conveys the trauma she and her family endured.

Bonny's dad survived the holocaust. As an adult now, Bonnie suffers incredible anxiety and depression from knowing all that her father endured as a young man, and seeing how he emerged from that horror. How to Share an Egg is Bonny's story of growing up and maturing as her dad's daughter. His hurts have been passed down to her and throughout her life, she deals with them as best she can. Ultimately, she researches the geographical regions in Germany that her dad recalls, and in doing so, she finds links to his family and their history of survival.

How to Share an Egg is a fascinating memoir. It's smart, it's emotional, and I found that I could somehow relate to her suffering through her writing and cooking. Best wishes to Bonny and her family as she continue her own life journey to emotional liberation.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review How to Share an Egg.

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!