A Broom of One's Own: Words on Writing, Housecleaning, and Life (P.S.) | 
| Author: Nancy Peacock
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0061357871
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780061357879
ASIN: 0061357871
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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For the twice-published novelist, reading an article about herself in the National Enquirer—under the headline "Here's One for the Books: Cleaning Lady Is an Acclaimed Author"—was more than a shock. It was an inspiration. In A Broom of One's Own, Nancy Peacock, whose first novel was selected by the New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year, explores with warmth, wit, and candor what it means to be a writer. An encouragement to all hard-working artists, no matter how they make a living, Peacock's book provides valuable insights and advice on motivation, craft, and criticism while offering hilarious anecdotes about the houses she cleans.
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Excellent value: two books in one May 6, 2008
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The new collection of personal essays by Nancy Peacock is one of the best books on writing I've ever read. Not only is it full of clear-eyed, practical advice on craft; it also addresses the central problem most working writers face but few want to talk about: how to sustain a career that is unlikely ever to put food on the table. Here are the day-to-day details of what it means to set priorities.
Broom is also a memoir about Peacock's work as a housecleaner, work she neither romanticizes nor apologizes for -- work she had to continue even after the publication of her two critically acclaimed novels, Life Without Water and Home Across the Road. Hers is a unique and often disquieting perspective, whether she's writing about clients in whose houses she is invisible or about literati who are embarrassed by her lack of pretense.
Peacock is a masterful writer with a strong sense of story, and these essays are among her finest work. They are brave, wise, encouraging, funny, sometimes painful, and always beautifully written, in quiet, lyrical prose rich with sensory detail.
Reading this book may make you a better writer; it's guaranteed to make you a more resourceful person. And a more humane one.
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