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A review by inthecommonhours
Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life by Shauna Niequist
I loved Bread & Wine so much, it made me want to go back and read all of Niequist's writing. She sounds like someone I would love living next door to, especially if she invited me to be part of her cooking group.
When she mentions Indigo Girls, in one of the early essays of Cold Tangerines, I thought again that we are meant to be friends. But the age difference got us in this collection---we might be closer to the same age in real life, but Niequist wrote this in her late 20s, as she was expecting her first child.
It reminded me of when I read Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead, and then her memoir of earlier years, Bring Me a Unicorn. I was so delighted that the brave, mature woman from HoG, HofL had once been as young and melodramatic and idealistic as I was at the time. It gave me so much hope!
But this time, I'm already older, so while it made me a bit nostalgic for those early years of marriage, I'm more eager for what Niequist might write next.
When she mentions Indigo Girls, in one of the early essays of Cold Tangerines, I thought again that we are meant to be friends. But the age difference got us in this collection---we might be closer to the same age in real life, but Niequist wrote this in her late 20s, as she was expecting her first child.
It reminded me of when I read Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead, and then her memoir of earlier years, Bring Me a Unicorn. I was so delighted that the brave, mature woman from HoG, HofL had once been as young and melodramatic and idealistic as I was at the time. It gave me so much hope!
But this time, I'm already older, so while it made me a bit nostalgic for those early years of marriage, I'm more eager for what Niequist might write next.