10.8- What A Way To Make A Living

[Joanie]

For anyone who likes cooking memoirs Confections of a Closet Master Baker by Gesine Bullock-Prado (Sandra Bullock's sister) is great. It's all about her decision to stop working for her sister's production company in Hollywood and open a bakery in Vermont.

[Usako]

Ooh Ms. Anderson, that sounds like an intriguing book! I'll have to recommend it to an online friend who is doing the same thing!

[Melissa Wiebe]

Is Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda ok? Its about the failure of the UN forces under Gen. Dallaire in Rwanda.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Melissa W wrote: "Is Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda ok? Its about the failure of the UN forces under Gen. Dallaire in Rwanda."

yes

[Kristina Simon]

Would a volunteer position work? I'm thinking specifically about Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Would a volunteer position work? I'm thinking specifically about Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog."

volunteer positions (like firefighter above) work as long as the book focuses on the work experience. Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog works

[Wendy UK]

Mister Teacher?

This is along the lines of All Creatures Great and Small but a teacher rather than a vet. Not strictly non-fiction, but accounts of events in the author's life as a teacher. So it's a memoir but set in a fictional place with made up names for characters - as are James Herriot's books.

Is it allowed?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Wendy UK wrote: "Mister Teacher?

This is along the lines of All Creatures Great and Small but a teacher rather than a vet. Not strictly non-fiction, but accounts of events in the author's life as ..."

In the database and resources I check, the Herriot (James Wight) books are classified as memoirs. Mister Teacher is classified as fiction. I have to use the resources available to me. Sorry, no

[Wendy UK]

Dlmrose wrote: " Wendy UK wrote: "Mister Teacher?

This is along the lines of All Creatures Great and Small but a teacher rather than a vet. Not strictly non-fiction, but accounts of events in the ..."

Ok, Thanks - I'll have to think again.

[Deedee]

All Things at Once by Mika Brzezinski
from the goodreads description: "As the co-host of MSNBC-s popular morning show Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski has established herself as a leading political news journalist and beloved television personality. " The book is about her career and about how she has balanced work and family life. I think this will fit the task ---- am I right?

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

I read a hilarious book that would work for this for all you people, like me, who had to work in retail hell.

Retail Hell

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Would Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities work?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Deedee wrote: "All Things at Once by Mika Brzezinski
from the goodreads description: "As the co-host of MSNBC-s popular morning show Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski has established h..."

ok

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Jamie wrote: "Would Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities work?"

yes

[Jessica-L-]

Would any of these work?
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Jessica Bpv wrote: "Would any of these work?
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
How to Lose Friends & Al..."</i>

yes to all-
[book:How to Lose Friends & Alienate People seems like it might stray a bit, but it does give an insider's view of Vanity Fair and its parent company, Condé Nast.

[Juniper]

Last year, I won a copy of Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq. I have yet to read it but will be using it for this task. Through emails with the author as well as reading many positive reviews, I think this will be a tremendous account of Coppola's time in Iraq. Therefore, I wanted to suggest it as a possibility for those who have yet to find a book for this task.

[SplkdancerReviews]

Would The World According to Bozo work? Its mostly autobiographical, but two other writers helped him write it.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Sara VA wrote: "Would The World According to Bozo work? Its mostly autobiographical, but two other writers helped him write it."

I think it is more autobiography (with writing help)- "of training for space flights at NASA; of decorating Clark Gable′s house; of searching for the cannibals of New Guinea" It seems that this book goes beyond the scope of work memoir.

[kiki]

would The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them work?

[Leigh Ann]

Would Memoirs of a Geisha work for this task? I didn't even realize this was a true story until I started reading it. Evidently she dictated her memoir to the author of the book and told him to publish it upon her death.

[Liz]

If I remember correctly, it's not really a true story. The author put that in to make it sound authentic, and he wrote somewhere else that it was fiction.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Leigh Ann wrote: "Would Memoirs of a Geisha work for this task? I didn't even realize this was a true story until I started reading it. Evidently she dictated her memoir to the author of the book and to..."

It needs to be classified as non-fiction

[Leigh Ann]

Liz wrote: "If I remember correctly, it's not really a true story. The author put that in to make it sound authentic, and he wrote somewhere else that it was fiction."

REALLY!!! Well he totally tricked me!

[Liz]

Haha! He tricked me too when I was reading it!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

kiki wrote: "would The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them work?"

yes

[Leigh Ann]

Dlmrose wrote: "Leigh Ann wrote: "Would Memoirs of a Geisha work for this task? I didn't even realize this was a true story until I started reading it. Evidently she dictated her memoir to the author ..."

Ok, no problem! I've got other places I can stick it.

Hmmm...I feel duped! Ha Ha!

[Vicky]

Leigh Ann wrote: REALLY!!! Well he totally tricked me! "

It is indeed fiction. However, Golden did have a very real informant, Mineko Iwasaki, who later published her own memoirs, Geisha: A Life. I haven't read it yet, but now that you've reminded me, I may be switching some books around! I've always wanted to compare the two.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Vicky wrote: "Leigh Ann wrote: REALLY!!! Well he totally tricked me! "

It is indeed fiction. However, Golden did have a very real informant, Mineko Iwasaki, who later published her own memoirs, Geisha: ..."</i>

And [book:Geisha: A Life does count as a work memoir

[Jason]

How about Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life? A look at the Steve Martin's path to comedy fame.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Jason wrote: "How about Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life? A look at the Steve Martin's path to comedy fame."

yes

[chucklesthescot]

Here's a controversial one for you! The author is a Reverend who claims this to be the true story of the vampire that he hunted and put to rest in a London Cemetery. The Highgate Vampire: The Infernal World of the Undead Unearthed at London's Highgate Cemetery and Environs. I guess those who believe in vampires will regard this as nf but those who don't believe in vampires will call it fiction!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

chucklesthescot wrote: "Here's a controversial one for you! The author is a Reverend who claims this to be the true story of the vampire that he hunted and put to rest in a London Cemetery. [book:The Highgate Vampire: The..."

For the purposes of this task, vampirism is not a career

[Leigh Ann]

chucklesthescot wrote: "Here's a controversial one for you! The author is a Reverend who claims this to be the true story of the vampire that he hunted and put to rest in a London Cemetery. [book:The Highgate Vampire: The..."

May not work here, but I'm TOTALLY adding it to my TBR!

[chucklesthescot]

Sorry I'd meant to say that he views his career as a vampire hunter! I just realised that the blurb is sadly lacking in any information. I'll leave it aside anyway.

[chucklesthescot]

How about...

Bridge Across My Sorrows

It's been lurking on my tbr shelf for months now and I could use an excuse to read it!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

chucklesthescot wrote: "How about...

Bridge Across My Sorrows

It's been lurking on my tbr shelf for months now and I could use an excuse to read it!"

I can't find too much about this book beyond the GR description. How much of this book do you think is about the running/creation of the facilities vs her autobiography?

[chucklesthescot]

To be honest I'm not sure as I haven't read it yet. I'll play safe and use something else. Jeez I'm being a right pain in the butt today on various threads!

[Diane]

Would Sastun: One Woman's Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer and Their Efforts to Save the Vani work?

[chucklesthescot]

Struggling to find something! Any of these work?

To be President: Quest for the White House 2008
News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World
The Second Tower's Down
Report from Ground Zero
Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

chucklesthescot wrote: "Struggling to find something! Any of these work?

To be President: Quest for the White House 2008
News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World
The Second Tower's ..."</i>

[book:News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World
The Second Tower's Down
Report from Ground Zero
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
all work and they are memoirs

Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours
it works- not quite a memoir, but stories from the men themselves

To be President: Quest for the White House 2008
doesn't really fit as a work memoir

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Diane wrote: "Would Sastun: One Woman's Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer and Their Efforts to Save the Vani work?"

yes

[chucklesthescot]

Dlmrose wrote: "chucklesthescot wrote: "Struggling to find something! Any of these work?

To be President: Quest for the White House 2008
News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World
[..."

Thanks for all your help! I really appreciate your time!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

chucklesthescot wrote: "Dlmrose wrote: "chucklesthescot wrote: "Struggling to find something! Any of these work?

To be President: Quest for the White House 2008
[book:News from No Man's Land: Reporting the..."

glad to help

[Nicki]

How about Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter? She does make a living from knitting and writing about knitting but does it work for the task?

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

kiki wrote: "would The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them work?"

I wanted to read this book for this task as well.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Nicki (UK) wrote: "How about Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter? She does make a living from knitting and writing about knitting but does it work for the task?"

It does

[Nicki]

oooh - thank you :D

[Lauren]

How about Mao's Last Dancer? It is the story of a ballet dancer's life and career.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Lauren wrote: "How about Mao's Last Dancer? It is the story of a ballet dancer's life and career."

It works