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Julia Child brought the “art of French cooking” to the American populace in 1960s through her cookbooks and television show. To gain the culinary skills that earned her the book contract (and the adoration of housewives across the United States), she studied at the prestigious Cordon Bleu cooking school in France and worked under master chefs.

Several years ago, a friend of mine posted the most honest eulogy I’d ever read, after their relative—someone who had lived a hard life and had inflicted countless traumas on family members—died. I remember being grateful for my friend’s honesty about their loved one. It is important to tell the truth about a person’s life, I thought, even when the truth does not feel good, even when the truth is not easy.