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Ina Garten ‘Couldn’t Understand Why People Had Kids' After Her Own ‘Horrible Childhood’

"It was nothing I really wanted to do," Ina Garten tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.

In her new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, the Barefoot Contessa star reveals that her "horrible childhood" in Stamford, Conn., was filled with emotional and physical abuse from her late parents, Charles and Florence Rosenberg. For more on Ina Garten, including the the full excerpt from her memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. She has written 13 cookbooks, won six Daytime Emmy Awards for her Food Network shows and built a devoted fan base who adore her for her approachable style and easy, foolproof recipes.

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