Recipes for Life
My Memories
Linda Evans

Vanguard Press
October 2011 / 978-1-59315-640
Memoir
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Reviewed by Sylvia McClain

Linda Evan’s Recipes for Life: My Memories is very readable because she wrote it in the short story format and not the long drawn out memoir way. In each short story she explained how things affected her and what she learned as she walked through life. She told you how every person affected her in each of the stories, and at the end she put in the recipe of the food that each one loved. The other thing you learn about Linda Evans is she loves to cook and with each new food she tastes, she looks for a recipe that she can change a bit to make it her own. The recipes are from other countries mostly because she made many friends from other countries and when she entertained them she wanted them to feel at home.

Linda Evans wrote a lot about her years working on “The Big Valley” and “Dynasty”, and the many films she did like “To Kill a Mocking Bird.” But that is not all she wrote about. Sadly to say Linda Evans had trouble with the men in her life. So many were infatuated with her but the relationships would not last very long, mostly because Linda herself would fall out of love.

How enjoyable is it? Easy reading, lots of recipes to try and an in-depth look at her life. Now here is a quote from Linda Evans herself: “I’m not the woman I used to be, I’m rich in experience and looking for new and wonderful adventures to add to this magical gift called life.”