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A memoir of motherhood and memory by the author of The Road to My Farm centers around the lives of five women as they struggle with the joys and pain of motherhood, discussing men, children, and favorite recipes in the kitchen. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
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At the risk of sounding sexist, it's impossible to imagine a man writing this book. Nora Seton's warm, savoury memoir is unmistakably female in its blend of forthright physical details, painstaking analysis of intricate personal relations and intellectual musings. In this, the author mirrors her beloved mother, novelist Cynthia Propper Seton: "The human spirit required complications, she said, places to go and not go, ascent and descent, stone walls and smooth paths to organise itself. She explained all this while peeling carrots." Writing with downright elegance that always delivers the unexpected phrase or insight, Seton explores the kitchen's meaning for women as the centre of the home--the place where friends gather to drink coffee and share secrets, where children stand on overturned salad bowls to reach knives, where the evening news is absorbed while drinking wine and chopping onions. Seton's memories of her mother's slow death from cancer and the stillbirth of her first child are poignant but never depressing, because she conveys such a palpable sense of life as a process of experiences that may wound or rejoice but always enrich the soul. --Wendy Smith
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'This book is a delight...'
We have received the following endorsement from Elisabeth Luard which I think sums up this beautiful book perfectly:
'This book is a delight - moving, redemptive, loving - shaped by sorrow, infused by joy. The story of all women who have ever endured the pain of loss - of a mother, a child; of those who have found consolation in the companionship of the kitchen table, redemption in the acceptance of everyday reality... Intricately woven, the quality of the writing is as fine and strong as new linen, stitched and pressed and seamless. Comfort-food for the soul - read, digest and be thankful.' Elisabeth Luard
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- PublisherPicador USA
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0312263481
- ISBN 13 9780312263485
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages246
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