10.8- What A Way To Make A Living

[TeresaFL]

Dlmrose wrote: "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"

Since that one will work will her other one Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again work as well?

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

YAY, I will be reading either Yarn Harlot or Mao's Last Dancer. Both sound good to me.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

TeresaFL wrote: "Dlmrose wrote: "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 looks like some chapters of Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again like chapter 4- "Left-Leaning Decreases: Stories about Women, Politics, Knitters, and Looking at Things a Different Way" move away from a work memoir and more into knitting essays.

[BJ Rose]

How about Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

BJ Rose wrote: "How about Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry?"

It works

[BJ Rose]

Dlmrose wrote: "BJ Rose wrote: "How about Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry?"

It works"

Thanks much!

[B]

Hi there! I'm pretty sure this one works, but thought I'd check just to be sure!

Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen

Thank you for your time!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

krisabee wrote: "Hi there! I'm pretty sure this one works, but thought I'd check just to be sure!

Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen

Thank you for your time!"

Sorry, no This seems to be more of a general autobiography than a work memoir
maybe these would appeal
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter
All the Presidents' Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White House, A Memoir
Dirty Dishes: A Restaurateur's Story of Passion, Pain and Pasta

[B]

Dlmrose wrote: "krisabee wrote: "Hi there! I'm pretty sure this one works, but thought I'd check just to be sure!

Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen

Thank you f..."

Glad I checked before I read it! Thank you for the other suggestions.

[Sandie]

Would Adventures in the Screen Trade work?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Sandie wrote: "Would Adventures in the Screen Trade work?"

Yes- and it sounds really good too!

[Sandie]

Dlmrose wrote: "Sandie wrote: "Would Adventures in the Screen Trade work?"

Yes- and it sounds really good too!"

Thanks, I'm really looking forward to reading it.

[Casey]

It's similar to one already approved, but I wanted to double-check! Would The Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures of A K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective work?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Casey wrote: "It's similar to one already approved, but I wanted to double-check! Would The Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures of A K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective work?"

It works

[El]

Will The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon work for this task? It's part autobiography, but also deals heavily with Starzl's work in transplantation.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

El wrote: "Will The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon work for this task? It's part autobiography, but also deals heavily with Starzl's work in transplantation."

Yes, it works

[Pam]

I just finished listening to I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart. The description doesn't really match the book. It was about 90% his career and 10% his personal life. Could I count this?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Pam wrote: "I just finished listening to I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart. The description doesn't really match the book. It was about 90% ..."

If the book centers on the hows and whys of his career as a comedian then it looks like it will work. If it is his musings on funny things he observes- then it wouldn't. Some of the reviews say that the book presents some of his comedy routines- if the book is a collection of those- then it might be off topic for this task- but if he talks about the development of the routines or the people/places involved then it might. Since you say the description doesn't reflect the content, and you think it does work, then please include some detail on how/why it works when you post.

[Pam]

Thanks!

[KSMary]

Will this book work:

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

KSMary wrote: "Will this book work: "

yes

[Ashley FL]

How about Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain? From the description it is a history of his career, with attendant rants of people and things he's come into contact with on his travels.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Ashley FL wrote: "How about Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain? From the description it is a history of his career, with attendant rants o..."

It says Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe travelling professional eater and drinker so it looks like it works

[Ashley FL]

Great -- thanks!

[Stesse]

This is an odd one, but, would Some Girls: My Life in a Harem work? By the description, it appears to be a "career" she chose...

Thanks!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Stesse wrote: "This is an odd one, but, would Some Girls: My Life in a Harem work? By the description, it appears to be a "career" she chose...

Thanks!"

The author's website says she "found herself in such a line of work"-it works.

[Stesse]

Dlmrose wrote: "Stesse wrote: "This is an odd one, but, would Some Girls: My Life in a Harem work? By the description, it appears to be a "career" she chose...

Thanks!"

The author's website says s..."

Great - thanks!!