Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir

In her long-awaited memoir Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks beloved Food Network personality Instagram sensation and cultural icon—shares her personal story with those hungry for a seat at her table. Here for the first time Ina Garten presents an intimate entertaining and inspiring account of her remarkable journey. Ina’s gift is to make everything look easy yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work audacious choices and exquisite attention to detail. In her unmistakable voice (no one tells a story like Ina) she brings her past and her process to life in a high-spirited and no-holds-barred memoir that chronicles decades of personal challenges adventures (and misadventures) and unexpected career twists all delivered with her signature combination of playfulness and purpose. From a difficult childhood to meeting the love of her life Jeffrey and marrying him while still in college fr