Coffee
by Dinah Lenney
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Pub Date 16 Apr 2020 | Archive Date 16 May 2020
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Description
Coffee--it's the thing that gets us through, and over, and around. The thing--the beverage, the break, the ritual--we choose to slow ourselves down or speed ourselves up. The excuse to pause; the reason to meet; the charge we who drink it allow ourselves in lieu of something stronger or scarier. Coffee goes to lifestyle, and character, and sensibility: where do we buy it, how do we brew it, how strong can we take it, how often, how hot, how cold? How does coffee remind us, stir us, comfort us?
But Coffee is about more than coffee: it's a personal history and a promise to self; in her confrontation with the hours (with time--big picture, little picture), Dinah Lenney faces head-on the challenges of growing older and carrying on.
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| ISBN | 9781501344350 |
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Featured Reviews
Media/Journalist 652998
This book is part of a series, Object Lessons, that explores the significance of everyday objects. This addition is dedicated to everyone's favorite morning beverage; coffee!
A fun, quick, easy read that explores the personal history of coffee for the author, how it plays a role in varying aspects of her life, and analysis of its sort of companionship to her experiences.
K. R, Reviewer
Delightful. One gets the feeling reading this book that the author was highly caffeinated during the writing of it, flitting here and there from one subject to the next, from personal memories of a life in coffee to observations about coffee culture. The writing is a bit skittish, as if the author can't find her keys, but charming in its skittishness. Haven't we all felt a bit skittish after our fifth cup of coffee? I was hooked when Lenney professed: "A bad cup of coffee isn't bad. On the other hand, a weak cup of coffee?" There's just no reason in the world..." I couldn't agree more. I'm a huge fan of the Bloombsbury Academic OBJECT series (especially High Heel by Summer Brennan). Having once written an entire novel about coffee, I was keen to dig into this one.
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