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The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story
by Ree Drummond
I picked up this book on a whim, mostly because I enjoy cooking (but am tired of cookbooks) and because I grew up in a farming community in the Midwest. Pioneer Woman's (PW) type of cooking -- meat and potatoes -- is the stuff that I grew up on.
To briefly summarize this book, it is a romance story. PW is an insecure, clumsy city girl who surprises herself by falling in love with a confident, handsome and always calm-cool-and-collected cowboy. Her Marlboro Man, as she calls him through out the entire story (I had to go online to learn his real name).
Their story is sweet and passionate and entertaining. A kind of Fifty Shades meets Ozzie & Harriet meets Lifetime TV. (Thankfully, though, PW keeps all the "details" private; I admire that).
PW has a nice, conversational writing style, and she does enough foreshadowing to make a reader want to continue through the next chapter. The book is a quick, pleasant read. It also has a handful of recipes in the back, all of which I plan to try before returning the to the library. The only strong criticism I have is that PW is continuously whiny and self-deprecating through the entire story. That got old. Quickly.
After reading this, I have started to watch her show and visit her website. PW has a distinctive following -- people either love her (Aw, Shucks!) or hate her (she's a fake). The latter argument being that she resembles a rancher's version of Martha Stewart who homeschools four children, cooks and cleans and gardens and ranches and blogs and photographs and... You begin to see the point.
Is she a fake? I'm not sure. Living on a ranch I'm sure their 4 kids learned to work hard from the minute they could walk. To chip in and help with cooking, cleaning and laundry. And does she do it all (blogging, writing, photography, etc) on her own anymore? Doubtful. But, she might have started that way? Today, she is an entertainer who teaches cooking and endorses products. It's a part of life nowadays, whether in your neck of the woods or on the ranch. If her style of cooking or writing appeals to you, I wouldn't let that keep you from reading her book or blog. Life is too short, you know?
To briefly summarize this book, it is a romance story. PW is an insecure, clumsy city girl who surprises herself by falling in love with a confident, handsome and always calm-cool-and-collected cowboy. Her Marlboro Man, as she calls him through out the entire story (I had to go online to learn his real name).
Their story is sweet and passionate and entertaining. A kind of Fifty Shades meets Ozzie & Harriet meets Lifetime TV. (Thankfully, though, PW keeps all the "details" private; I admire that).
PW has a nice, conversational writing style, and she does enough foreshadowing to make a reader want to continue through the next chapter. The book is a quick, pleasant read. It also has a handful of recipes in the back, all of which I plan to try before returning the to the library. The only strong criticism I have is that PW is continuously whiny and self-deprecating through the entire story. That got old. Quickly.
After reading this, I have started to watch her show and visit her website. PW has a distinctive following -- people either love her (Aw, Shucks!) or hate her (she's a fake). The latter argument being that she resembles a rancher's version of Martha Stewart who homeschools four children, cooks and cleans and gardens and ranches and blogs and photographs and... You begin to see the point.
Is she a fake? I'm not sure. Living on a ranch I'm sure their 4 kids learned to work hard from the minute they could walk. To chip in and help with cooking, cleaning and laundry. And does she do it all (blogging, writing, photography, etc) on her own anymore? Doubtful. But, she might have started that way? Today, she is an entertainer who teaches cooking and endorses products. It's a part of life nowadays, whether in your neck of the woods or on the ranch. If her style of cooking or writing appeals to you, I wouldn't let that keep you from reading her book or blog. Life is too short, you know?