Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home

Already hailed as "brave, emotional, and gorgeously written" by Frances Mayes and "like a piece of dark chocolate—bittersweet, satisfying, and finished all too soon" by Laura Fraser, author of "An Italian Affair, " this is a unique memoir about the search for identity through love, hunger, and food. Jim Harrison says, "TRAIL OF CRUMBS reminds me of what heavily costumed and concealed waifs we all are. Kim Sun e tells us so much about the French that I never learned in 25 trips to Paris, but mostly about the terrors and pleasure of that infinite octopus, love. A fine book." When Kim Sun e was three years old, her mother took her to a marketplace, deposited her on a bench with a fistful of food, and promised she'd be right back. Three days later a policeman took the little girl, clutching what was now only a fistful of crumbs, to a police station and told her that she'd been abandoned by her mother. Fast-forward almost 20 years and Kim's life is unrecognizable. Adopted by a young New Orleans couple, she spends her youth as one of only two Asian children in her entire community. At the age of 21, she becomes involved with a famous French businessman and suddenly finds herself living in France, mistress over his houses in Provence and Paris, and stepmother to his eight year-old daughter. Kim takes readers on a lyrical journey from Korea to New Orleans to Paris and Provence, along the way serving forth her favorite recipes. A love story at heart, this memoir is about the search for identity and a book that will appeal to anyone who is passionate about love, food, travel, and the ultimate search for self.

“'Brave, emotional, and gorgeously written....Irs"m already awaiting volume two.' Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun'A fine book.' Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall'Poetic...like a piece of chocolate: bittersweet, satisfying, and finished all too soon.' Laura Fraser, author of An Italian Affair”

'Brave, emotional, and gorgeously written...I'm already awaiting volume two.' Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun 'A fine book.' Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall 'Poetic...like a piece of chocolate: bittersweet, satisfying, and finished all too soon.' Laura Fraser, author of An Italian Affair

KIM SUNeE was born in South Korea, adopted and raised in New Orleans. She lived in Paris and Provence for 10 years.

At a South Korean marketplace, three-year-old Kim Sunee s mother deposits her on a bench with a fistful of food and a promise to return. Three days later, a policeman takes the little girl and what is now a fistful of crumbs to a police station, where she learns that her mother isn t coming back. From here, her extraordinary life journey begins. Adopted by a young New Orleans couple, Kim spends her youth as one of only two Asian children in her entire school and church. At the age of 21, she becomes involved with a famous French businessman, and suddenly finds herself living in France, mistress over his houses and stepmother to his eight-year-old daughter. But despite this glamorous lifestyle, Kim feels like an outsider, and it is in food and cooking that she finds solace and a sense of place.

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