Recipes for a Beautiful Life, Rebecca Barry
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Recipes for a Beautiful Life
A Memoir in Stories

Author: Rebecca Barry

Narrator: Kyra Miller

Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/07/2015


Synopsis

Writing with a delicate balance of humor and truth, critically acclaimed author Rebecca Barry reflects on motherhood, work, and marriage in her new memoir about trying to build a creative life. When Rebecca Barry and her husband moved to upstate New York to start their family, they wanted to be surrounded by natural beauty but close to a small urban center, doing work they loved, and plenty of time to spend with their kids. But living their dreams turned out not to be so simple: the lovely old house they bought had lots of character but also needed lots of repairs, they struggled to stay afloat financially, their children refused to sleep or play quietly, and the novel Rebecca had dreamed of writing simply wouldnt come to her. Recipes for a Beautiful Life blends heartwarming, funny, authentically told stories about the messiness of family life, a fearless examination of the anxieties of creative work, and sharp-eyed observations of the pressures that all women face. This is a story of a woman confronting her deepest fears: What if Im a terrible mother? What if Im not good at the work I love? What if my children never eat anything but peanut butter and cake? What if I go to sleep angry? Its also a story of the beauty, light, and humor thats around us, all the timeeven when things look bleak, and using that to find your way back to your heart.

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