Book Review: Julia's Child by Sarah Pinneo

                     

Title:     Julia's Child

Author: Sarah Pinneo
Pub. Date: January 31st 2012
Publisher: Plume
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  279
ISBN#  0452297311

Book Description:

A delectable comedy for every woman who's ever wondered if buying that six-dollar box of organic crackers makes her a hero or a sucker.
Julia Bailey is a mompreneur with too many principles and too little time. Her fledgling company, Julia's Child, makes organic toddler meals like Gentle Lentil and Give Peas a Chance. But turning a profit while saving the world proves tricky as Julia must face a ninety-two-pound TV diva, an ill-timed protest rally, and a room full of one hundred lactating breasts. Will she get her big break before her family reaches the breaking point? In the end, it is a story about motherhood's choices: organic versus local, paper versus plastic, staying at home versus risking it all.
A cookbook author's hilarious fiction debut, Julia's Child will have foodies and all-natural mamas alike laughing, cheering, and asking for more.

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Book Review: Dandyflowers by Jordan T. Maxwell

Title:  Dandyflowers
Author:  Jordan T. Maxwell
Pub. Date:  January 2, 2007
Publisher:  Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Format:  Audio
Pages:  358 pages
ISBN#  1598865161

Book Description:

A dusty attic, an old chest, a daughter's engagement and a father's long held secret. Welcome to Dandyflowers, Jordan T. Maxwell's debut novel. Dandyflowers will take you on a gripping and whimsical trip from the present to the past and back again. Mr. Maxwell masterfully weaves the story of Jerry Collins and Laura Butler who find each other in a small, rural Missouri town during the turbulent 1960's. You will experience the full spectrum of emotion as Jerry and Laura live and learn and love and grow, but most of all as they love. Together.

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TEASER TUESDAY

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teas

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