Erica Bauermeister
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Pasadena, California, The United States
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E.M. Forster, Jane Austen, Susan Vreeland, Joanne Harris Alice Hoffman
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February 2009
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The Scent Keeper
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2019
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No Two Persons
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2023
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7 editions
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The School of Essential Ingredients
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2009
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Joy for Beginners
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2011
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24 editions
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The Lost Art of Mixing
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2013
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19 editions
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House Lessons: Renovating a Life
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2020
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500 Great Books by Women
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1994
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Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14
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1997
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Erica Bauermeister
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No Two Persons:
good catch! There's actually a scene that is the same between the two books. Originally, Fisher had his own POV and backstory that had to be cut when Scent Keeper became Emmeline's story. But I loved that material, and I think part of me knew I wasn'
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| I only post about books I've loved, and this one blew my reading mind. I listened to it, narrated by the amazing XE Sands, who caught the first-person voice of Evelyn, a scientist who creates clones and is often stunningly unaware of her own emotiona ...more | |
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| This is what I would call an old-fashioned book, in the best of all possible ways. A big, multigenerational novel that spans multiple wars and followed the course of two complicated marriages. There is far more telling than showing, far more descript ...more | |
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My apologies, Taru -- for some reason I did not see this message until just now. And my apologies, too, because I don't know of anywhere that you can legally download a free copy of The School of Essential Ingredients. I hope you found a copy through
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| I would read a grocery list if Charlotte McConaghy wrote it. She is able to combine lyricism, darkness, hope, and profound insights together in a way that is transcendent. Wild Dark Shore is the third novel of hers I have read, and its last forty pag ...more | |
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| A truly great memoir speaks truths that are so universal it doesn't matter if the topic is something you haven't experienced, be that a hike on the PCT, 17 ways you almost died, or (in this case) a divorce. And if you have experienced divorce, get re ...more | |
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| Richard Powers is an extraordinary writer. He manages to pack a PhD's worth of education into novels that have emotional heft and intricate, puzzle-like structures. Reading his books is an almost physical exercise, one that hits both brain and heart. ...more | |
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| This book was a bright light in a dark autumn, a warm, funny, sparkling read (listen). Julia Whelan has a narrator's ear for pacing, banter, and description that is only made more wonderful by listening to her narrate her own book. Yes, it's about an ...more | |
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| There are some novels that are bathtub/hammock/big-chair-in-the-living-room-in-front-of-a-fire books. The kind where you sink into both story and language, where the characters feel alive and complicated and interesting. Go as a River has a sepia-ton ...more | |
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| I am not, in general, a reader of fantasy, but I love a book that combines an imaginative premise with a fascinating structure and great character development, and Book of Doors has all of this and more. It has the heart and imagination of books like ...more | |
“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.”
― The School of Essential Ingredients
― The School of Essential Ingredients
“Life is beautiful. Some people just remind you of that more than others.”
― The School of Essential Ingredients
― The School of Essential Ingredients
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