Since her year spent cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, recounted in Julie & Julia, Julie Powell's mind has turned to meat. Cleaving follows Powell as she learns to butcher, and the process is inspired by, and dovetails with, a personal story - this time of her overcoming an affair that threatens her marriage. Pleasures of the flesh, indeed Vogue

Julie Powell was a food blogger best known for her cooking memoir, Julie & Julia, which inspired a hit 2009 film starring Meryl Streep, Stanly Tucci, and Amy Adams. She is also the author of Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession.