A Broom of One's Own: Words on Writing, Housecleaning & Life
10 best books like A Broom of One's Own: Words on Writing, Housecleaning & Life (Nancy Peacock): Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land, Exposed: Confessions of a Wedding Photographer: A Memoir, Writing Is My Drink: A Writer's Story of Finding Her Voice (and a Guide to How You Can Too), The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life, Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction, Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing, Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life, Fifty Days of Solitude, Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir, Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
| Author | Amy Irvine |
| ISBN | 0865477035 |
Trespass is the story of one woman's struggle to gain footing in inhospitable territory. A wilderness activist and apostate Mormon, Amy Irvine sought respite in the desert outback of southern Utah's red-rock country after her father's suicide, only to find out just how much of an interloper she was...
Exposed: Confessions of a Wedding Photographer: A Memoir
| Author | Claire Lewis |
| ISBN | 0312381891 |
Once upon a time, Claire Lewis dreamed she would take her camera to war zones to document political upheavals and expose grave injustices. Fate led her elsewhere. And while she might not be on assignment for The New York Times, her current job carries its own dangers: Claire is a wedding photographer....
| Author | Theo Pauline Nestor |
| ISBN | 1451665091 |
"Theo Nestor is a writer who, I am positive, will be heard from," wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, and hear from her we do in this enthralling memoir that doubles as a witty and richly told writing guide. Yet the real promise in Writing Is My Drink lies in Nestor's uncanny ability as a...
| Author | Marion Roach Smith |
| ISBN | 0446584843 |
A recent study revealed that the Number 1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is write a book....about themselves. It's not that every person has lived such a unique or dramatic life, but we inherently understand that writing memoir-whether it's a book, blog, or just a letter to a child-is...
| Author | Lee Gutkind |
| ISBN | 0393065618 |
Writers of memoir and narrative nonfiction are experiencing difficult days with the discovery that some well-known works in the genre contain exaggerations—or are partially fabricated. But what are the parameters of creative nonfiction? Keep It Real begins by defining creative nonfiction....
| Author | Natalie Goldberg |
| ISBN | 1617690848 |
From fill-in art journals to self-help books on creativity, more than ever the public is striving to bring artistic enlightenment into their everyday lives. In Living Color, one of the country’s most celebrated writers expounds on her own path to artistic inspiration. Tailored to a new generation...
| Author | Patricia Hampl |
| ISBN | 0865477167 |
A gifted writer's inquiry into one of the most profound yet least discussed issues of contemporary American life: the individual's search for faith. It tells of Hampl's quest to escape the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing, following her to the "old world" of Catholocism in Spain and France,...
| Author | Doris Grumbach |
| ISBN | 0807070610 |
When I read a book like this I feel, essentially, envious. I don't understand how someone gets to publish a book like this. It is an edited journal of the author's thoughts about the books she is reading and her inner states during a period living alone. My journal is full of this type of observation, and...
In the tradition of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, a critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist shares inspiration and practical advice for writing a memoir.
Writing memoir is a deeply personal, and consequential, undertaking. As the acclaimed author of five memoirs spanning significant...
| Author | William Zinsser |
| ISBN | 0395901502 |
An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir
Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book. Inventing...
| Author | Andi Ashworth |
| ISBN | 0877880484 |
Because we are made in the image of a creatively caring God, we reflect his love and concern when we respond to the distinct calling to care for families, neighbors, friends, and communities. As society grows increasingly technological, isolated, and lonely, those who take their caregiving gifts...
| Author | Margaret Kim Peterson |
| ISBN | 0787976911 |
Keeping House is a wide-ranging and witty exploration of the spiritual gifts that are gained when we take the time to care for hearth and home. With a fresh perspective, mother, wife, and teacher Margaret Kim Peterson examines the activities and attitudes of keeping house and making a home. Debunking...
| Author | Cathy Yardley |
| ISBN | 0312358997 |
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Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters
| Author | Amy Andrews |
| ISBN | 0829438319 |
When Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith met in a creative writing class in graduate school, they both confessed to writing about God. They bonded one night while reading the Book of Ruth and came to truly understand the unlikely friendship of Ruth and Naomi. In these two Old Testament women, they...
| Author | Robert Marion |
| ISBN | 1607144603 |
Renowned pediatrician and author Dr. Robert Marion, whose bestselling book "The Intern Blues" is revered by doctors of all ages, offers a powerful and moving account of his experiences in modern genetics. His gripping stories illuminate a cutting-edge field of impossible moral complexities and...
In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of a women's department store; writing...
For more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds--the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silenced by poverty and hardship. Her innovative methods have worked in classrooms from elementary to graduate...
| Author | Karen E. Peterson |
| ISBN | 1593375034 |
I bought this book back in 2009 and read it a little, but then got bored. So, this month, I decided to try again and started from the beginning. I'll admit, some things the author wrote were interesting, but the dominant hand/non-dominant hand exercises were overdone and pointless to me. I mean, I had the...
| Author | Jim Sterba |
| ISBN | 0307341968 |
This may be hard to believe but it is very likely that more people live in closer proximity to more wild animals, birds and trees in the eastern United States today than anywhere on the planet at any time in history. For nature lovers, this should be wonderful news -- unless, perhaps, you are one of more...
The Art and Craft of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide to Classic Writing Techniques
| Author | Nancy Lamb |
| ISBN | 1582975590 |
Master the Power of Story.
When you consider the thousands of years of storytelling that comprise our literary tradition, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the shadow of so many works. But there are common threads that link all stories--from "Beowulf" and "Hamlet" to "Gone With the Wind" and "The...
Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books
| Author | Uri Shulevitz |
| ISBN | 0823059359 |
I began reading this book for a certain purpose, even though the project was cancelled, I was eager to complete it.
Here's a book that will defiantly help any 1 who is interested in writing / illustrating children's books
Well , the author asked at the beginning;
"Is your book happy??"
cause...
Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors
| Author | Lisa Alther |
| ISBN | 1559708328 |
In this dazzling, hilarious memoir, best-selling author of Kinflicks Lisa Alther chronicles her search for the missing--often mysterious--branches of her family tree. Most of us grow up thinking we know who we are and where we come from. Lisa Alther's mother hailed from New York, her father from Virginia,...
The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered
| Author | Baruch Sterman |
| ISBN | 0762782226 |
For centuries, blue and purple dyed fabrics ranked among the ancient world’s most desirable objects, commanding many times their weight in gold. Few people knew their secrets, carefully guarding the valuable knowledge, and strict laws regulated their production and use. The Rarest Blue tells...
| Author | Julia Cameron |
| ISBN | 1585424943 |
A beautifully crafted memoir by the woman who has helped thousands of people uncover their creative inspiration.
In Floor Sample, the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way and twenty-one other classic books on the creative process weaves an honest and moving portrayal...
My Path Leads to Tibet: The Inspiring Story of How One Young Blind Woman Brought Hope to the Blind Children of Tibet
| Author | Sabriye Tenberken |
| ISBN | 1559706945 |
While studying Chinese and Asian civilizations in college, Sabriye Tenberken was stunned to learn that in Tibet blind children were living in appalling conditions—shunned by society, abandoned, and left to their own devices. Sabriye, who had lost her sight at the age of twelve as the result of a...
