Story Circle Book Reviews

Book Report

• Editors' Picks: Every month, our editors choose remarkable books by and about special women. Here are our choices for this month: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, by Elisabeth Tova Bailey A Maze of Grace, by Trish Ryan Burning Horses, by Agatha Hoff Getting to Happy, by Terry McMillan Let's Take the Long Way Home, by Gail Caldwell In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart, by Alice Waters The Kitchen Shrink: A Psychiatrist's Reflections on Healing in a Changing World, by Dora Calott Wang, M.D. At Home, by Rebecca Otowa • Moms With Heart A Special Mother, by Anne Ford, with John-Richard Thompson Becoming Flame, by Isabel Anders I'll Be There to Write the Story, by Maria Weber She Looks Just Like You, by Amie Klempnauer Miller • Women of Different Times, Different Places As a Farm Woman Thinks, by Nellie Witt Spikes, ed. Geoff Cunfer Russian Winter, by Daphne Kalotay Memories of the Beach, by Lorraine O'Donnell Williams • Women and the Artful Life Craft Hope, by Jade Sims A Very Modest Cottage, by Tereasa Surratt Real Life Journals, by Gwen Diehn • Food: Our Bodies, Our Kitchens, Our Environment Women Food and God, by Geneen Roth In the Green Kitchen, by Alice Waters Squeezed, by Alissa Hamilton Diet for a Hot Planet, by Anna Lappé • Our Favorite Authors Read Susan Ideus's interview with Daphne Kalotay, author of Russian Winter. A New Jersey native, award-winning author Daphne Kalotay grew up in a multi-cultural family—a Canadian mother and a Hungarian father, a fact which no doubt influenced her writing. She attended Vassar and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Boston University. Read Susan J. Tweit's interview with Ann Vileisis, author of Kitchen Literacy. Ann Vileisis became interested in history and environmental issues as an undergraduate at Yale University where she earned her B.A. She also has a masters degree in history from Utah State University. • Our Reviewers Congratulations to Susan Tweit, who has joined our stellar team of Star Reviewers! (Stars have posted 10 or more reviews/interviews in the past 18 months and have their own web pages.) And to Susan Ideus, who has become a SuperStar (SuperStars have posted 25 reviews/interviews). If you're interested in joining our review team, go here for all the details.

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