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This long-awaited translation of Confessions, which Stephen Greenblatt describes as central to the legacy of Adam and Eve, enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity. No modern, well-versed literature lover can call her education complete without having listened to Augustine’s Confessions. One of the most original works of world literature, it is the first autobiography ever written, influencing writers from Montaigne to Rousseau, Virginia Woolf to Gertrude Stein.

Join Tara on her inner healing journey going back to where it all began in childhood. As the pieces of the journey come together, she realises that every family has a secret, or in Tara’s case many secrets. It’s not until all the pieces are laid out that the picture of the family history comes into focus. Though understanding her past, Tara understands what took her to an impossible place & the lowest of lows in early 2023. She is now emerging as a happier & healthier person, finding her way in on this transformation journey.

In Cassoulet Confessions, Sylvie travels across the Atlantic from her home in New York to the origin of cassoulet—the Occitanie region of Southern France. There she immerses herself in all things cassoulet: the quintessential historic meat and bean stew. From her first spoonful, she is transported back to her dramatic childhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and finds herself journeying through an unexpected rabbit hole of memories.