Read the book before watching the movie which opens in theaters on August 7.  Nearly thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell resolved to reclaim her life by cooking, in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking.  Her unexpected reward: not just a new-found respect for calves' livers and aspic, but a new life--lived with gusto.  In paperback: $14.99