- Paperback: 213 pages
- Publisher: Xlibris Corporation; illustrated edition edition (January 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0738849111
- ISBN-13: 978-0738849119
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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"Jaquith writes like a dream. This collection, "Birdseed Cookies," is a jewel. Jaquith's voice rings true; I applaud her..." -- The Roanoke Times - Roanoke, Virginia, May 6, 2001
Ever fresh, amusing and thought-provoking, these 66 essays originally aired on NPR-station WVTF, where Jaquith holds forth on Friday mornings. -- Albemarle Magazine, April-May 2001
Ever fresh, amusing and thought-provoking, these 66 essays originally aired on NPR-station WVTF, where Jaquith holds forth on Friday mornings. -- Albemarle Magazine, April-May 2001
Jaquith writes like a dream. This collection, "Birdseed Cookies," is a jewel. Jaquith's voice rings true; I applaud her... -- The Roanoke Times - Roanoke, Virginia, May 6, 2001
Ever fresh, amusing and thought-provoking, these 66 essays originally aired on NPR-station WVTF, where Jaquith holds forth on Friday mornings. -- Albemarle Magazine, April-May 2001
Ever fresh, amusing and thought-provoking, these 66 essays originally aired on NPR-station WVTF, where Jaquith holds forth on Friday mornings. -- Albemarle Magazine, April-May 2001
Jaquith writes like a dream. This collection, "Birdseed Cookies," is a jewel. Jaquith's voice rings true; I applaud her... -- The Roanoke Times - Roanoke, Virginia, May 6, 2001
Book Description
Thousands of National Public Radio listeners in the South have delighted in the quirky commentaries of Yankee transplant Janis Jaquith. In these sixty-six essays, originally broadcast on NPR-station WVTF in Roanoke, Virginia, Jaquith shines her light on everything from heartbreak to head lice, birdseed cookies to empty nests.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A Bit Cloying For Me,
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This review is from: Birdseed Cookies: A Fractured Memoir (Paperback)
I found the style of these essays to be a bit cloying, like eating too much cotton candy at the circus. Her writing lacks the sharpness of David Sedaris or the insight of Andrei Condrescu, and her bland experiences begin to run together after you've read half the book. For those who enjoy writers like Sarah Vowell or Sandra Tsing Loh, this book may do little more than make your teeth hurt.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Fun Read,
By sprout (VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Birdseed Cookies: A Fractured Memoir (Paperback)
Birdseed Cookies was a romp--the kind of thing that you can read in small bursts, those times when you're stuck waiting in the car for the kids to come out of school. And those are the times that Jaquith writes about, those in-between times when nothing momentous seems to be happening...but what's happening is your LIFE. It's quite funny and sometimes moving, and her life is "ordinary" enough that her appreciation for it makes the reader feel pretty good about her own. I was baffled by one of the reviews below--the "Quack" essay, probably my favorite, had what I thought was an obvious ALLUSION to Arlo Guthrie--hardly the same thing as a swipe. And the heartstopping essay about hearing from a doctor that her toddler son's cancer may have recurred...wow. I don't want to spoil anything for future readers, but contrary to that other review, it is quite clear from other essays in the collection what the outcome was.In other words, funny, light (mostly) without being shallow, and heartwarming without being icky. Give it a read!
1.0 out of 5 stars
This is so funny--NOT!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Birdseed Cookies: A Fractured Memoir (Paperback)
I am just baffled by all these customer reviews, and it makes me a little suspicious where they've come from. This book (and I read at least half of it) isn't the fantastic, incredible thing all of these reviews (self-promotions?) claim it to me. It's not horrible, either. It's just, I don't know, trying SO HARD to be charming and cutesy and folksey. Good, honest writing doesn't read like the author is trying so hard. Sorry to be so negative, but my wallet is lighter after buying this book, and I feel a little deceived.
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