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sdoncolo's review
5.0
A beautiful collection/memoir by Crystal Wilkinson with stark, well-placed illustrations by Ron Davis. These brief pieces will punch you in the heart.
zorasdusttracks's review
5.0
Loved this entire collection…it felt like home, and not necessarily a literal place, but all the characteristics that make “home…” If felt familiar.
I went through so many emotions reading this, and so much of it was nostalgic of my own upbringing…of a childhood I had not thought of in awhile. It made me think of my grannie, who has now passed on, sitting on the patio as a young girl excited to snap peas with her and her and her old lady friends…This collection evoked so many memories I had not thought of in so long. I felt like I could actually smell the spices and the aroma from freshly cooked food.
Warm beautiful words…some sadness. Many of the poems, I felt I had to sit with for a little bit…really allow it to digest before moving on. I’m sure I will read again.
Excited to read more of her work.
I went through so many emotions reading this, and so much of it was nostalgic of my own upbringing…of a childhood I had not thought of in awhile. It made me think of my grannie, who has now passed on, sitting on the patio as a young girl excited to snap peas with her and her and her old lady friends…This collection evoked so many memories I had not thought of in so long. I felt like I could actually smell the spices and the aroma from freshly cooked food.
Warm beautiful words…some sadness. Many of the poems, I felt I had to sit with for a little bit…really allow it to digest before moving on. I’m sure I will read again.
Excited to read more of her work.
dockbbrooks's review
5.0
Beautiful book that made me think about my nana and the women who came before me.
penzzzza's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.75
fern_mollett's review
5.0
This collection serves as a beautiful love letter to Wilkinson's rural roots. As always, she writes beautifully, simply, and with so much soul. My favorite, "Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts" weaves a beautiful story about the cooks in her life, her past, and her ancestry. A lyrical ode to food from family kitchens.
Favorites
- Terrain
- Black rapunzel
- The water witch on invasion
- The water witch on reading
- O tobacco
- Dig if you will the picture
- The creek
- Dear Johnny p
- Mother's day
- A meditation on grief: things we carry, things we remember
- On being country
- Kitchen ghosts
- Coming of age
- Praise song for the kitchen ghosts
Favorites
- Terrain
- Black rapunzel
- The water witch on invasion
- The water witch on reading
- O tobacco
- Dig if you will the picture
- The creek
- Dear Johnny p
- Mother's day
- A meditation on grief: things we carry, things we remember
- On being country
- Kitchen ghosts
- Coming of age
- Praise song for the kitchen ghosts
randisworld's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I loved this collection. It is the perfect companion to Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts also by Crystal Wilkinson.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual assault
ksherman712's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
CW can do no wrong. This book belongs on my shelf! Loved every word especially the Kitchen Ghosts.
girlreactionreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Simply gorgeous.