false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178647337m/814983.jpg 814983 1 Niequist, a 30-year-old mother and first-time author, wants readers to look around their ordinary lives and celebrate all their manifold, quotidian blessings. To that end, she offers 40 short essays, each an exploration of something mundane and wonderful: getting pregnant, throwing parties, collecting champagne flutes. She recalls a breakup that deepened her relationship with God, and explains why moving into a fixer-upper helped her learn that God loves us as we are. A lovely, honest and wistful tone characterizes the title piece, an ode to living a life of gratitude and joy. Essays on a friend's health scare, the power of art and experiencing Christmas with a newborn are especially powerful. Yet Niequist's relentlessly first-person reflections would have been leavened by more fully developing some of the other characters, the relatives and friends who pop up. Sometimes her prose is annoyingly abstract (if we cultivate a true attention, a deep ability to see what has been there all along, we will find worlds within and between us), and there are clichéd observations. Still, with a bit of seasoning (and more vigorous editing), Niequist could be a writer to watch. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 800906 1 10 2007 Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life total:187|5:2|4:7|3:2|2:1|1:0| 187 765 314 55 5 2 false false Sat Jun 28 17:16:11 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 17:11:22 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 17:16:11 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 22:25:47 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 22:48:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Dec 20 18:54:17 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 19:00:08 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 15 12:09:35 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 12:19:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 05:52:32 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 15:18:32 -0700 2008 Cold Tangerines is a collection of essays about celebrating and living life to the fullest. The writing style is colloquial and sounds just like the way Shauna speaks. But, she is a friendly and jo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 13 18:27:19 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 18:41:01 -0700 2008
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Favorite chapter: Shalom. Favorite quote: "it might matter so much b/c feeding the people I love is a hands on way of loving them. When yo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 13:14:38 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 13:19:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 12:41:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 12:42:54 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=814983