Planting dandelions: field notes from a semi-domesticated life
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Riverhead Books, c2011.
Physical Desc:
244 pages ; 22 cm.
Status:
Elk Grove
306.87 P689 2011
Description
Introducing a writer with a keen eye, a wicked tongue, and an appealing take on family.
In the family of Jen Lancaster and Elizabeth Gilbert, Kyran Pittman is the laid-back middle sister: warm and witty and confiding, with an addictively smart and genuine voice-but married with three kids and living in the heartland. Relatable and real, she writes about family in a way that highlights all its humor, while at the same time honoring its depth.
A regular contributor to Good Housekeeping, Pittman is well loved because she is funny and honest and self-deprecating, because her own household is in chaos ("semi-domesticated"), and because she inspires readers in their own domestic lives. In these eighteen linked, chronological essays, Pittman covers the first twelve years of becoming a family, writing candidly and hilariously about things like learning to maintain a marriage over time; dealing with the challenges of sex after childbirth; saying good-bye to her younger self and embracing the still attractive, forty-year-old version; and trying to "recession- proof" her family (i.e., downsize to avoid foreclosure).
From a fresh new talent, celebrating the joys and trials of a new generation of parents, Planting Dandelions is an entertaining tribute to choosing the white-picket fence over the other options available, even if you don't manage to live up to its ideals every day.
In the family of Jen Lancaster and Elizabeth Gilbert, Kyran Pittman is the laid-back middle sister: warm and witty and confiding, with an addictively smart and genuine voice-but married with three kids and living in the heartland. Relatable and real, she writes about family in a way that highlights all its humor, while at the same time honoring its depth.
A regular contributor to Good Housekeeping, Pittman is well loved because she is funny and honest and self-deprecating, because her own household is in chaos ("semi-domesticated"), and because she inspires readers in their own domestic lives. In these eighteen linked, chronological essays, Pittman covers the first twelve years of becoming a family, writing candidly and hilariously about things like learning to maintain a marriage over time; dealing with the challenges of sex after childbirth; saying good-bye to her younger self and embracing the still attractive, forty-year-old version; and trying to "recession- proof" her family (i.e., downsize to avoid foreclosure).
From a fresh new talent, celebrating the joys and trials of a new generation of parents, Planting Dandelions is an entertaining tribute to choosing the white-picket fence over the other options available, even if you don't manage to live up to its ideals every day.
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Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
1594488002, 9781594488009, 9781594485626
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"A memoir"--Cover.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Pittman, K. (2011). Planting dandelions: field notes from a semi-domesticated life. New York, Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Pittman, Kyran. 2011. Planting Dandelions: Field Notes From a Semi-domesticated Life. New York, Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Pittman, Kyran, Planting Dandelions: Field Notes From a Semi-domesticated Life. New York, Riverhead Books, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Pittman, Kyran. Planting Dandelions: Field Notes From a Semi-domesticated Life. New York, Riverhead Books, 2011.
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