25 March 2009

a homemade life

I know there’ve been quite a few book posts lately, and I was planning to wait before adding another, but some things simply can’t wait:

A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg is the most beautifully written memoir. She chronicles her life and the people in it with such gentle humor, openness, and candor. I quite literally cried, sighed, smiled, and laughed in the space of its 300 pages.

I was heartbroken when I reached the last chapter: I simply didn’t want it to end. But there are still the recipes to make—one at the end of each essay—and the blog (Orangette) to follow, so I guess it's really just the beginning...

8 comments:

  1. Okay, that settles it. Off to Amazon tonight after the kiddies are asleep!!

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  2. I would buy this book just for the cover art alone! I read another review on this book where the reader cried, the author must tell a fantastic story.

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  3. I simply have to get it, that's all there is to it!
    D x

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  4. I've been wondering about this one. Hmmmmm - you may have me convinced!

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  5. you're a bad bad influence on me.

    I sooo want this book. Sigh.

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  6. oooh, I remember visiting that blog months ago, and then not finding it again. something else for the amazon wish list........ xxx

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  7. I'm going to add this to my library list too! I looked it up on Amazon, it gets a 5 star rating there too. Thanks for the recommendation. Love Salx

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  8. Okay, based on your review, I'm going to order this, too.

    At this rate, I hope Amazon doesn't run out!

    PS-Word verif: reaper

    Pretty grim.

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