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Review Date: 3/23/2008
Helpful Score: 2
A book originally written as a daily serial for the Scotsman Journal, AMS chronicles the daily life of Edinburgh residents. The book is whimsical, and full of humor. It does deal with a few mature situations. A fun read, but not at the level of his wonderful No. 1 Ladies Detective series.
Review Date: 3/23/2008
This short book of letters between Helene Hanff and a London bookseller are full of charm, erudition, opinion and grace. Reading it makes you want to take up some of the classics sitting on the shelf and get reading.
Review Date: 5/20/2010
Short readings from writers and theologians across the spectrum, Bread and Wine is a good guide to Lent-focused thoughts. Even when I didn't quite agree with a writer, I found the essays thought-provoking.
Review Date: 3/23/2008
Helpful Score: 5
I never heard of Ruth Reichl when I picked up this book. The title drew me in. The writing held me captive. Reichl tells the story of cooking for her friends, cooking for a Berkley restaurant, and breaking into the food critic business. Recipes are sprinkled around the prose.
Review Date: 3/23/2008
I picked up this book, interested in how Dunker coped with family dysfunction in a Christian family with a famous father. It is a story laced with yearning.
After finishing the book, I had a glimpse of the inner fault-lines of this family; but reading it did not help me in my own journey to wholeness. Marilee is respectful in her honest appraisal of her family, but I still wonder why she needed to write a book about it.
I think many of us could write memoirs of pain and disappointment from our childhood. That pain seems magnified when the parent is glorified by all those around you.
After finishing the book, I had a glimpse of the inner fault-lines of this family; but reading it did not help me in my own journey to wholeness. Marilee is respectful in her honest appraisal of her family, but I still wonder why she needed to write a book about it.
I think many of us could write memoirs of pain and disappointment from our childhood. That pain seems magnified when the parent is glorified by all those around you.
Review Date: 7/29/2009
I wanted this book because the author, William Zinsser, wrote the fabulous book On Writing Well. Then I started reading about the remarkable experiences of Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell. I was bowled over. They were the first to play a jazz concert in China, *and* Ruff learned Mandarin in order to communicate to the audiences in their language! Whether your interest is in writing, education or music, you won't be disappointed by Willie and Dwike.
Review Date: 12/26/2009
Helpful Score: 2
A book you read, nodding and copying down quotes, with the pleasure that the author understands you and your need to read and buy books. Delightful.
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