false <![CDATA[The Pharmacist's Mate]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172070825m/135639.jpg 135639 2 Named "It" Discovery Writer of the Year by <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, Amy Fusselman took readers and critics alike by storm when McSweeney's published this powerful little book. In The Pharmacist's Mate, she writes of her father's death and her own attempts to become pregnant, weaving in excerpts from her father's World War II journal-written while he was a pharmacist's mate on the Liberty ship George E. Pickett. Fusselman creates a work both startlingly real and deeply funny-all wrapped up in writing so clever and warm it will leave you feeling that everything will be okay. 130713 2001 The Pharmacist's Mate total:222|5:61|4:82|3:59|2:19|1:1| 222 849 299 32 3 2 false false Sat Jul 07 12:20:24 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 12:52:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 20 13:33:22 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 09:23:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 14:40:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 14:48:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:22:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:26:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 11:23:15 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 11:33:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 20:56:37 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 21:08:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 05:59:46 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 08:32:24 -0800 2008
I bought this book by almost complete chance and it turns out it's about her father dying at the same time she's trying to get pregnant.

This is weird, because her father and my father died in almost identical circumstances and I just rea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 12:57:49 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 14:48:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 19:52:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 20:26:31 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:39:25 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:42:43 -0700 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 10:55:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 10:56:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 16:37:08 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 16:37:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 20:20:07 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 20:21:32 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 13:20:41 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 13:21:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 09:48:27 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 09:48:47 -0800 2007 Amy Fusselman's Strunk & White must be very battered.

Her paragraphs are choppy and brief; poignant and memorable.

The afterword in this edition is an essential part of the text. Far more complete with it and adds context and resolve. It's an essential part of the book. I ho...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 12:28:57 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 10:24:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Nov 13 11:52:39 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 11:54:24 -0800 2007
If Five gave it five stars though it had to be good!]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 10:29:29 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 12:29:16 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 12:17:05 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 12:21:43 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Jul 05 08:15:34 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 08:18:43 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=135639