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Dirt by Bill Buford
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Fuck this book. The author is a selfish example of the father in a family of small children getting to pursue his wild and ridiculous dreams thanks to his wife sacrificing herself. “Oh, I have children? That’s okay. I have a wife slave who follows me blindly and probably didn’t expect any help with our twin boys so I could write all these books.� I was horrified when he left his wife all week with twin toddler boys, but then he decided it would be rad to move to another country and leave them all behind. He is a man child who is lucky to have a responsible wife to do all the unappreciated dirty work (oh, we need visas? She’ll figure it out while she’s caring for our kids). The author is so thoughtless—he is impetuous and he’s respected for that because society gives him a free pass to pursue his “genius�. I’d prefer to read his wife’s memoir.
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May 26, 2020 – Shelved
May 26, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read
November 13, 2020 – Started Reading
November 26, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Katie (new)

Katie This is the best review OF ALL TIME.


Andee I felt much the same way about Chef Marcus Samuelsson and his book, Yes Chef. He is admittedly a deadbeat dad, and he completely kicked his loving (adopted) parents to the curb and couldn’t even be bothered to fly home for his dad’s funeral because he didn’t want to leave his new internship. But then he moved heaven and earth to go to Africa and help support his deadbeat, misogynistic, chauvinist pig, birth father and loser blood relatives who never gave a shit about him, never tried to find or contact him, definitely never bothered with one dime towards the care of he and his sister. But he kissed their ass and spent gobs of money to support them and their village. I hated him by the end of that book - still do.


message 3: by HansBlog (new)

HansBlog The wife AGREED, and SHE moved the whole family back to the US.


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