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Recipes for a beautiful life : a memoir in stories
- Title
- Recipes for a beautiful life : a memoir in stories / Rebecca Barry.
- Author
- Barry, Rebecca, 1968-
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 15-2112 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 297 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Writing with a delicate balance of humor and truth, critically acclaimed author Rebecca Barry reflects on motherhood, work, and marriage in her new memoir about trying to build a creative life. When Rebecca Barry and her husband moved to upstate New York to start their family, they wanted to be surrounded by natural beauty but close to a small urban center, doing work they loved, and plenty of time to spend with their kids. But living their dreams turned out not to be so simple: the lovely old house they bought had lots of character but also needed lots of repairs, they struggled to stay afloat financially, their children refused to sleep or play quietly, and the novel Rebecca had dreamed of writing simply wouldn't come to her. Recipes for a Beautiful Life blends heartwarming, funny, authentically told stories about the messiness of family life, a fearless examination of the anxieties of creative work, and sharp-eyed observations of the pressures that all women face. This is a story of a woman confronting her deepest fears: What if I'm a terrible mother? What if I'm not good at the work I love? What if my children never eat anything but peanut butter and cake? What if I go to sleep angry? It's also a story of the beauty, light, and humor that's around us, all the time--even when things look bleak, and using that to find your way back to your heart. Mostly, though, it is about the journey to building not just a beautiful life, but a creative one"--From publisher's website.
- Subjects
- Call Number
- JFD 15-2112
- ISBN
- 9781416593362
- 1416593365
- LCCN
- 2014016718
- OCLC
- 2014016718
- Author
- Barry, Rebecca, 1968-
- Title
- Recipes for a beautiful life : a memoir in stories / Rebecca Barry.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-2112