Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Pie
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When journalist Beth Howard’s young husband dies suddenly, she packs up the RV he left behind and hits the American highways. At every stop along the way—be it filming a pie documentary or handing out free slices on the streets of Los Angeles—Beth uses pie as a way to reach out and find purpose. Making Piece powerfully shows ho
Beth M. Howard
Beth M. Howard has been a journalist for more than 20 years, specializing in personality profiles, adventure travel and outdoor sports. In 2001, she quit a lucrative web-producing job to bake pies at a gourmet deli in Malibu, California. She started her popular blog, The World Needs More Pie, in 2007, and it has been featured in publications worldwide. She lives in Eldon, Iowa. Visit her at TheWorldNeedsMorePie.com.
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Reviews for Making Piece
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Making Piece A memoir of love, loss and pie by Beth M. Howard9780373892570The power of pie!This is a story of a woman who loses her husband that was just about to sign the divorce papers.They've traveled and lived all over the world and he could never find enough time for her.Love to learn new things: pie safe, had no idea that's what they were called.Love scenery of Washington along Olympic Mountains western area where we first learn of how she made her first pie ever, the instructions are priceless!Making pies to her is like what knitting does for me-calms, relaxes me.Love the shortcuts to baking pies and learning how she perfects her technique.She has returned to Portland, Oregon from Texas after he dies and tries to get a job making pies. Nobody is hiring.Heartwretching to hear of her going through Marcus things to be donated, given away or to keep a few for her memories.The RV Camper that he wanted to travel to every national park and camp at is a bucket list item for me as well.She loaded up the camper and drove it to her friends in CA and met up with another friend who would return in 30 days sothey could start their venture: how pie helps me grieve with my loss. making pies on the road.She starts by researching the other places around town that sell pie. They filmed and showed how pies are made at differentestablishments and at others homes: baking parties learning something new at every stop.Love the idea of the Spur Award and how she uses it not only with horses but other major aspects of her life.Story of how she is coping with her grief is spot on, even with her thyroid problem.Judging at the various events was eye opening in what they do to their creations and creatures to be assured a ribbon.And recipes are included!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I wanted to love this book, but the author/narrator was self-centered, impatient, bitchy and annoying; and her life really wasn't interesting enough for a full-length memoir. Her husband died; she made pies; she judged pies in contests; she had a one-night stand; she went back to Iowa to visit her hometown; she moved into the American Gothic house (featured in the painting by Grant Wood). The end. Maybe this material would have been more interesting if Howard were a better writer; the language is flat, the pacing slow, and there is no character growth or transformation. For a memoir about food that is compelling and not me-me-me, check out Waiting by Debra Ginsberg.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There are so many memoirs written about someone facing a loss or overcoming adversity. What sets this one apart is quite frankly the pies. The descriptions of the pies are mouthwatering. I loved the old man at the apple orchard who brought her into his kitchen to teach her to make a pie. Admired her perseverance and persistence in trying to get a job making pies, for continuing the quest to support herself doing what she loved. That she also comes to live in the house that was immortalized in the painting American Gothic and the descriptions of the people who come to see the house was also fun. Love the title and think the cover is perfect for this memoir.ARC by NetGalley.