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Loading... The Partly Cloudy Patriotby Sarah Vowell
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Sooo much better than [b:The Wordy Shipmates|2845287|The Wordy Shipmates|Sarah Vowell|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SzjsTlv0L._SL75_.jpg|3093704]. It's classic Sarah Vowell: humor mixed with history and a liberal smattering of sincerity.And she quotes one of my favorite television writer/producers, Doug Petrie! She doesn't mention his last name, but she talks to him for the chapter on Al Gore and another well-known nerd, Willow from Buffy. (  ) catalogthis | Nov 24, 2009 |  Some of the selections are a bit random and don't really fit with her writings of political satire. Other pieces are simply laugh-out-loud funny (which is interesting when listening to this on an airplane). I listened to this on audio book and it took a little bit to get over her teenager-with-a-bad-head-cold voice. But the funny bits are funny regardless. ( ) puckandhammie | Nov 8, 2009 | This was okay. She gets on my nerves. (  ) Anagarika | Nov 3, 2009 | I saw Ms. Vowell on The Rachel Maddow show recently and immediately knew I had to read a book of hers. There was just something about her super smart, spunky attitude that intrigued me. This book was no disapointment. It's wonderful. That same smart-ass attitude couple with real smarts comes across perfectly. The book reminds me of the tv show, Seinfeld. It's a book about nothing, yet it's really about everything. (  ) spiffnme | Nov 1, 2009 | I love Sarah Vowell's literary voice. I really enjoyed her dry humor in each and every one of her anecdotes about everything from history, to politics, to life experiences as a twin. ( ) readingrat | Nov 29, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0743223527, Hardcover)In The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable narratives on public radio's This American Life -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot? Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, themes, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton; Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers; Tom Cruise and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. Bush's inauguration. The result is a teeming and engrossing book, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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