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Erica Bauermeister
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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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500 Great Books By Women
by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author), Holly Smith, Jesse Larsen  4.20 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14
by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author), Holly Smith 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
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1997
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A Year of the Unexpected
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2011
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Hotel Angeline
by Elizabeth George, Garth Stein (Goodreads Author), Jennie Shortridge (Goodreads Author) 3.13 avg rating — 109 ratings
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2011
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Seattle Center
by Greg Saffell, Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author), Chris Jacobson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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2001
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Books to Whet Your Appetite 18-copy mixed floor Display
by NOT A BOOK, Kathleen Flinn (Goodreads Author), Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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2010
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| OK, I'll admit, I'm not a huge Hamlet fan, nor am I one of those people who is besotted by dogs (although I have one and love him). That said, I found this book fascinating. The writing is beautiful -- so much so that I could get to the end of a page...more | |
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| I just had the chance to read the advance reader's copy for Kathleen Flinn's new book The Kitchen Counter Cooking School. While The Sharper the Knife explores Kathleen's experience at the Cordon Bleu in Paris and is a completely enjoyable memoir, the...more | |
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| The first few pages of this novel are simply astonishing -- I didn't know anyone could make the act of breathing sound so beautiful, the job of an anesthesiologist so complicated. And while the book made me think twice about every getting surgery, I...more | |
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| What a beautiful book -- honest, insightful, lyrical. I bought it thinking that I would give it to my mother-in-law, whose husband suffered a brain injury while riding a bicycle. But once I started reading it, I knew I would have to buy another one f...more | |
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“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.”
― Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients
― Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients
“I think love is kind of like those waves out there," she said. "You ride one in to the beach, and it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. But at some point the water goes back out; it has to. And maybe you're lucky-maybe you're both too busy to do anything drastic. Maybe you're good as friends, so you stay. And then something happens-maybe it's something as big as a baby, or as small as him unloading the dishwasher-and the wave comes back in again. And it does that, over and over. I just think sometimes people forget to wait.”
― Erica Bauermeister, Joy For Beginners
― Erica Bauermeister, Joy For Beginners
“I used to know a sculptor... He always said that if you looked hard enough, you could see where each person carried his soul in his body. It sounds crazy, but when you saw his sculptures, it made sense. I think the same is true with those we love... Our bodies carry our memories of them, in our muscles, in our skin, in our bones. My children are right here." She pointed to the inside curve of her elbow. "Where I held them when they were babies. Even if there comes a time when I don't know who they are anymore. I believe I will feel them here.”
― Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients
― Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients
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