Gabrielle Hamilton’s New Memoir, ‘Next of Kin’ | NYGazet

What does Gabrielle Hamilton have left to tell us? Plenty: Her new memoir, ‘Next of Kin,’ is a vivid, extraordinary examination of family turmoil.

Gabrielle Hamilton has given me a number of things — before Prune, a signal New York City restaurant of my semi-misspent New York City youth, I had never encountered caperberries, maître d’hôtel butter, suckling pig, or the mind-bending concept of a ... [7176 chars]