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Get Thee to a Bakery is a collection of short, tart essays that explore both humorous and harrowing aspects of growing older and making sense of social, technological, and environmental change. Topics range from earworms and industrial eggs to peaches and personal data, from bug die-offs to algae blooms and global warming, and from beards and yoga to the irrepressible American smile. Many of these essays make discursive moves into science and literature, framing issues and conflicts that resonate in contemporary American life. With a conversational style, distinctive voice, and great comic timing, Bailey entertains and surprises. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I recognized the concerns of those who are sliding down the hump from middle age, the sighs and groans, the concerns about ladders. “Backward. Half the music on my iPod is forty years old. The major seniors in front of me remind me of what lies ahead. In this game, progress is remembering your former self, forestalling what’s next,” he thinks on the elliptical at the gym frequented by seniors.
Food is a major theme, the delights of eating in foreign countries, especially his wife’s native San Marino, American diets include “so much ready-to-eat garbage. I had not thought junk could sustain so many,” he quips, Dante via T. S. Eliot, on an essay on meatloaf. Don’t smirk! Apparently, the dish has a long history. And we all know Mom’s meatloaf is the best.
He writes about saving the neighbor’s leaning trees. The stricken fawn in the middle of Telegraph Road. Picking up a wheelchair bound hitchhiker. Sightseeing and auras and fit bits. How once the car windshield was spattered by bugs which have seemed to have disappeared. I never thought of that, but it’s true.
Bailey sometimes delves into his teacher voice in a paragraph or two. He circles around his theme, but returns with a subtle insight. His wife appears, often reading a book, and more often sharing a delicious meal.
Rick Bailey’s essays are entertaining, thoughtful, and subtle.
I received a free book from the author. My review is fair and unbiased. ( )