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Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
by

Jessica Fechtor

Joy's review

Nov 08, 2015

really liked it

bookshelves: foodie-books, library-has-it, memoir, highly-recommend, non-fiction, health

This is a wonderful, moving, heartfelt memoir. Jessica endured brain surgery with strength and courage. She also is a terrific cook and the book includes her some of her favorite recipes and how cooking helped her recover. It's also a love story (how she met her husband and how he helped her through her health issues) and the way her family stood by her. Jessica has a way of describing food that is really unique. I also enjoyed reading about the various places she has lived, especially her time in Seattle. This book will make you grateful for the little things in life. I highly recommend it!

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“The so-called small stuff actually matters very much.”
― Jessica Fechtor, Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home

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“Rosemary died when I was six, and when my parents told me, I cried. I wasn鈥檛 sure if I had a right to, but I think now of something the British chef Nigel Slater once wrote, that it is 鈥渋mpossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.鈥� I think the same can be said of the person who scoops your ice cream into a dish and stands, smiling, as you eat.”
― Jessica Fechtor, Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home

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