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A collection of life stories so funny, moving that "you don't have to be a Jewish feminist mama to love this book . . . but it wouldn't hurt" (Tablet Magazine).
Here are the collected autobiographical writings of memoirist, poet, and professor Faye Moskowitz. Known for both her sense of humor--even in the bleakest of circumstances--and her insight into the relationships that define who we are, where we come from, and where we hope to be going, Moskowitz shares her own life stories in "a book that will make you stand up and cheer" (The Detroit News). From her childhood in Detroit during the Great Depression to the time when her mother abandoning the family to pursue her own dreams; from helping a dying friend simply get through another day to a hilarious account of binge eating at a wedding; from finding love and leaving home to building her own family and legacy, these recounted experiences give us "her piercingly tender observations about unlikely friendships, transgressive love, disappointing plants, and sacred Jewish rituals of the kitchen" (Lilith Magazine).Review Quotes: "In this lovely funny-sad-profound collection of essays, Moskowitz looks at life with brutal honesty, a poet's ear for language and a whole lot of humor. You don't have to be a Jewish feminist mama to love this book . . . but it wouldn't hurt." --Tablet Magazine
"What a feast of a book! With compassion and wit, and language honed to utter frankness, Moskowitz gives us her piercingly tender observations about unlikely friendships, transgressive love, disappointing plants, and sacred Jewish rituals of the kitchen." --Lilith Magazine "...bridges the gap between humor and despair, past and present, Jew and gentile, to reveal its author's simple humanity, deeply rooted in her unwavering love of family.... Touching and compelling." --The Washington Post "A modern woman's ancient voice, full of juicy taste of life--knowing, loving, feeling, and clever."--Lore Segal, author of Shakespeare's Kitchen