{"product_id":"9781477175439","title":"Birdseed Cookies: a fractured memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThousands of National Public Radio listeners in the South have delighted in the quirky commentaries of Yankee transplant Janis Jaquith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In these sixty-six essays, originally broadcast on NPR-station WVTF in Roanoke, Virginia, Jaquith shines her light on everything from heartbreak to head lice, birdseed cookies to empty nests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jaquith writes like a dream. I spent a wonderful afternoon on my sickbed\u003cbr\u003ealmost oblivious to my ills because of her sharp wit and poignant\u003cbr\u003eremembrances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This collection of her essays, \u003ci\u003eBirdseed Cookies\u003c\/i\u003e, is a jewel.\u003cbr\u003eAll that listeners have come to appreciate in her soul-baring morning chats\u003cbr\u003eare gathered together for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Each and every Jaquith essay appeals because of honesty and humor,\u003cbr\u003epuckishness and polish. She explores everyday topics with taste and finesse\u003cbr\u003eand remembers life´s little moments that most of us have forgotten:\u003cbr\u003elistening to a favorite radio program in the dark;\u003cbr\u003eputting an ear to the railroad tracks to hear trains coming; revisiting a\u003cbr\u003echildhood home that suddenly seems a whole lot smaller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jaquith´s voice rings true; I applaud her and her ability to put pen to\u003cbr\u003epaper and comment so acutely on our times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --The Roanoke Times, May 6, 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo read many of the essays found in her book, visit the author´s Web site: radioessays.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144551416048,"sku":"9781477175439","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477175439_p0.jpg?v=1763612392","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477175439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}