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Erica Bauermeister

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Erica Bauermeister is the NYT bestselling author of five novels -- The Scent Keeper (a Reese's Book Club pick), The School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners, The Lost Art of Mixing, and a new novel, No Two Persons, due out in May of 2023. She has also written a memoir, House Lessons: Renovating a Life and is the co-author of two readers' guides: 500 Great Books by Women and Let's Hear It For the Girls. She currently lives in Port Townsend, Wa with her husband and 238 wild deer. ...more

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Erica Bauermeister Well, this could go in two directions. On a larger, meta level, I remain fascinated by how differently different family members remember the same even…moreWell, this could go in two directions. On a larger, meta level, I remain fascinated by how differently different family members remember the same events (or choose to remember different things). On a more specific level, there was a time when I lost my engagement ring, after taking it off and putting it in my purse when one of its three pearls fell off. The ring was missing for years until one day we were replacing the sconces in our bathroom. As my husband pulled the old light away from the wall there, balancing on the wire, was my ring. Which makes no sense at all. But stories are found in weird events like that. (less)
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The Scent Keeper

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Joy for Beginners

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The Lost Art of Mixing

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“Each person's heart breaks in it's own way. Every cure will be different, but there are some things we all need. Before anything else, we need to feel safe.”
Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients

“Life is beautiful. Some people just remind you of that more than others.”
Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients

“They said - Adults need to have fun so children will want to grow up.”
Erica Bauermeister, Joy for Beginners

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The Help
 
  1123 votes 17.3%

The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
 
  654 votes 10.0%

Her Fearful Symmetry
 
  321 votes 4.9%

Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)
 
  316 votes 4.9%

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
 
  309 votes 4.7%

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
 
  292 votes 4.5%

The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
 
  273 votes 4.2%

Fool
 
  232 votes 3.6%

The Magicians (The Magicians #1)
 
  228 votes 3.5%

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
 
  226 votes 3.5%

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
 
  224 votes 3.4%

Juliet, Naked
 
  206 votes 3.2%

Cutting for Stone
 
  187 votes 2.9%

The Little Stranger
 
  146 votes 2.2%

South of Broad
 
  144 votes 2.2%

The Story Sisters
 
  141 votes 2.2%

Pygmy
 
  138 votes 2.1%

Let the Great World Spin
 
  134 votes 2.1%

This is Where I Leave You
 
  130 votes 2.0%

Little Bee
 
  126 votes 1.9%

Brooklyn
 
  119 votes 1.8%

Drood
 
  107 votes 1.6%

The Children's Book
 
  104 votes 1.6%

A Reliable Wife
 
  103 votes 1.6%

A Gate at the Stairs
 
  96 votes 1.5%

The Weight of Silence
 
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That Old Cape Magic
 
  77 votes 1.2%

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
 
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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
 
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