I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

Fortunately the French don't suffer from the same hysteria we do. The eldest of three children Julia Child had a brother John III (1914–2002) and a sister Dorothy Dean (1917–2006). C.

Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15 1912 – August 13 2004) was an American chef author and television personality.