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Title: Kitchen Privileges : A Memoir by Mary Higgins Clark ISBN: 0-7432-0605-3 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 19 November, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (22 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Tragedy, Community, Intriguing Career Development & More
Comment: The Memoir, especially as written by a fellow writer, has become
my genre of choice lately.
"Kitchen Privileges" came highly recommended and I enjoyed the
reading. I am not a big reader of Mary Higgins Clark: I have only
tried out three or four of her page turners. Nonetheless, discovering
her life through this memoir was quite fascinating.
Tidbits that surprised me (and at the same time, brought me to
say "Oh, ofcourse!) include the many tragedies that make up her
life. Even as I call them "tragedies" I can almost feel her disagree.
Her spirit seemed to recognize and acknowledge the less-than-idyllic
factors which make up the tapestry of her life AND at the same
time, she didn't ever allow those to stop her.... she had a life to live,
after all, as we all do.
My favorite "fact tidbit" was to read about Mary Higgins Clark's
original writing jobs as well as her original writing group. It
really reinforces how important it can be for ALL writers to
participate in critique and writing groups with other writers.
She has one particular career in writing that made me say "OH!
So thats how she honed the craft of 'page turning writer' compelling
the reader to find out more". I don't want to give it away, though..... instead
I invite you to experience the book yourself.
Rating: 5
Summary: You have got to RESPECT this woman!
Comment: Wow! If you only see the multitude of copies of her books for sale and hear women delight in knowing she has a new book out, you can only half way understand the talent of Mary Higgins Clark. Her ability to make all that money from writing stories that women want to read is not nearly as impressive as she is and as she reveals in this little memoir.
I received this book as a delicious Thanksgiving Day birthday gift and read it in a couple of hours. But it was dessert. For I learned about a woman who is much more than a best-selling author. I learned about a woman who pioneered in writing for radio and survived the financial hard times that came with life's ups and downs. I learned about a woman who adored her first husband and her children, who was faithful to her mother and her family, who knew how to survive financially and emotionally and KEEP GOING.
I have yet to read a Mary Higgins Clark novel. But I will soon. I guess that I know my tendency to read an author's book leads me to try to read all the books that author has published, and I know I have a long line of titles awaiting me if I once start.
If you need to be uplifted, read this memoir. It won't take you long and it will reaffirm your appreciation of the indomitable spirit of womankind.
Rating: 5
Summary: Clark's voice comes through clearly
Comment: The voice of Mary Higgins Clark comes through clearly to her many readers in "Kitchen Privileges." Her story-telling skills are on display as she relates the events through the decades of her life. Populating the story are family and friends, dear to her, and a theme throughout (though understated) is her warm Irish pluck, that courage that enabled her to raise five children when she was left on her own as a young widow. Clark is modest about her highly-honed writing ability; also, she never overplays her unfolding story. Instead she carries the reader along in a highly competent, yet matter-of-fact style---it's like she's
refusing to take the role of heroine. The woman we meet in these pages is modest, immensely likable, and still young in spirit after all these years and all these best sellers. Clark's memoir deserves the highest recommendation.
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Title: The Second Time Around : A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark ISBN: 0743206061 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Mount Vernon Love Story : A Novel of George and Martha Washington by Mary Higgins Clark ISBN: 0743448944 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder in the Family by Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Joyce Harrington, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren Murphy, Justin Scott, Peter Straub ISBN: 0425183351 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Plot Thickens by Ann Rule, Walter Mosley, Nancy Pickard, Janet Evanovich, Linda Fairstein, Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Edna Buchanan, Nelson Demille, Lauren Demille ISBN: 0671015575 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Nighttime Is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark ISBN: 074320607X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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