As a seven-year-old child; Hilary Liftin poured herself a glass (or two) of powdered sugar. Those forbidden cups soon escalated to pound bags of candy corn and multiple packets of dry cocoa mix; launching the epic love affair between Hilary and all things sweet. In Candy and Me: A Love Story; Liftin chronicles her life through candy memories and milestones. As a high school student; Hilary used candy to get through track meets; bad hair days; after-school jobs; and her first not-so-great love. Her sweet tooth followed her to college; where she tried to suppress the crackle of Smarties wrappers in morning classes. Through lifes highs and lows; her devotion has never crashed -- candy has been a constant companion and a refuge that sustained her. As Liftin recounts her record-setting candy consumption; loves and friendships unfold in a funny and heartbreaking series of bittersweet revelations and restorative meditations. Hilary survives a profound obsession with jelly beans and a camp counselor; a forgettable fling with Skittles at a dot-com; and a messy breakup healed by a friendship forged over Circus Peanuts. Through thick and thin; sweet and sour; Hilary confronts the challenges of conversation hearts and the vagaries of boyfriends; searching for that perfect balance of love and sugar. Written with a fresh dry humor that will immediately absorb you into Liftins sweet obsessions and remind you of your own; Candy and Me unwraps the meaning found in the universal desire for connection and confection. Treat yourself to Candy and Me -- being bad never read so good.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Warm Look BackBy olingerstoriesFor anyone who grew up around Columbus; OH in the 60s and 70s; Molly ONeills MOSTLY TRUE is a must read. It is the story of surviving four brothers; including the future Red and Yankee Paul; who were sports obsessed. Molly endures little league baseball games; the lack of a social life; and the sameness of growing up in the most middle America of towns; Columbus.In college at Denison; she mirrors the mood of the time. She swings; butrealizes that she also has to eat. The talent that she has is what her mother taught her about cooking. What seemed so boring in her youth now was a talent recognizable to all.After graduation she heads east and enters into a start-up restaurant. She makes mistakes; learns how hard it is to make a go of it in the restaurant world and eventually ends up in New York. Here her fame arrives at she becomes a famed food critic.Still; the glue to the whole narrative is her and her family;including her famous little brother; Paul. I absolutely loved this book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I didnt want it to endBy Lesliei thoroughly enjoyed the book; Molly made you feel you were with her family throughout the years. I didnt want it to end!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One StarBy MoJoyawn