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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Christopher LawThis is an honest review of Breath; full disclosure. The book is easy to read, but tough to take and as much as Pikelet and Loonie are surfers, Tim Winton has larger motives - using the limits of the human body as a metaphor for the limits of humanity. It is a short novel that I want to use big words to describe but Winton hardly uses any at all. My pick for the Booker.
"Guru s@%t and bad manners are p... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Christopher LawUseful is a word that is not often used to describe a cookbook. Usually one sees words such as tasty, sweet, fresh, beautiful, rich and when lucky, orgasmic. These words are attached to the result of a recipe. Black Forest Cake can be described by all of those words, but there is nothing useful about a recipe for an architecture of cherry and chocolate. It is labor intensive and cherry season is short.... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Christopher LawYes, that is the author on the cover and that is a bottle of Mouton Rothschild 1970 hanging from her hand. She is also an actress, award winning voice-over artist?!, who went to Harvard and to the Cordon Bleu in France and London (that's dedication!) and as a trained pastry chef worked for Jamie Oliver at one of his restaurants. She even wore similarly sleek dresses, while making pastry, for her T.V. spot... read more>>>
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