A review by someone I've never met, but may be in love with!Wow!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Book Review: Assorted Nuts, a Family Album by Sandy Bax
Review: I loved this book. Really. I cannot tell you enough how wonderful it was to read. Bax is an undiscovered, but shamelessly exposed writer who is genuinely expert at her craft. A tragedy in being a largely unreviewed novel at the time of this writing, without fluff I concretely state that Nuts was one of the best books I have had the pleasure of reviewing or reading in the past months.
What makes it so compelling for me is the blending of genuine and sentimental humor, and unbridled intimacy the reader feels as he reads the narrative. From the table of contents to the last paragraphs, humor is a subtlety of coping the author shares with the voyeur reading in a private room the tragedies and triumphs of a human being that leaves nothing hidden under a bushel.
Instantly I was sad for this woman. Although she appears to triumph out of the chards of life that so brutally yet lovingly are strewn across the pages, the psychologist in me cannot help but to notice a gentle remorse or perhaps sadness that is distilled throughout the insights—as if to say to the reader “I am sorry for taking so long to discover me, don’t make the same mistake.”
As you progress through the early life, marriages, and vices one cannot help but to feel the genuine spectrum of human pathos associated with the vagaries of life. However, Bax masterfully spins humor and subtle insight throughout. 100% recommended.
Excellent writing and editing. Straight forward and unapologetic. Biting humor brilliantly juxtaposed with human tragedy. I fear its brilliance and honesty will be lost on too many people.
Heath Sommer, PhD
Kudos for ASSORTED NUTS
"This book should come with a warning label: Do not read in public. I was caught several times crying or laughing on the subway in front of many suit-wearing Bostonians."
Hanna Schenk - Grad Student, Boston, MA
"I love it! I hate to go to school or bed because I have to stop reading."
Deane Preston, High School Teacher,
Grosse Pointe, MI
"Your book was great! I enjoyed every minute of it. You have a wonderful way of telling a story. I blushed a couple times, cried twice, and laughed out loud a lot! Write another one."
Marsha Johnson -
Homemaker-Clearwater, FL.
"Last week, I devoured your book. I have not laughed this hard at a book in a very long time. Several parts almost made me pee my pants."
Barbara Alders -
Homemaker, Clearwater, Fl.
"It's fair to say that this book stands out as incredibly honest and, at times, side-splittingly funny among those I have read this year. Bax is a great storyteller which is not true of every memoirist. I found myself laughing out loud."
Sheryl Keonigsberg -
Book Reviewer,Boston,Ma
"Because of you, I stayed up way too late last night. You funny, funny writer. Thank you for sharing your story with the world. I will cherish my signed copy."Debbie Phillips -
Author of WOMEN ON FIRE
"You are truly a comedic author! Your book is hilarious, touching, educational, entertaining ...and did I mention excruciatingly honest? Your smart friends will buy it and read it so they can be the first to tell their friends as it rises to the best seller list!"
Jane Meade, Motivational Speaker, Marina Del Rey, CA
"Dearest, funniest, darling Sandy. I love your brave, truth-telling, inspiring, loving self. Your book is fabulous."
Carol Yancar, Family & Marraige Counselor, Largo, FL
"I just finished your book. I could not put it down. You are amazing."
Donna Shunkey - Homemaker, Whittier,CA.
"I just finished your book. WOOWOO! You go girl. When you're off in Hollywood I will be able to say, 'I knew you when.'"
Dr. Adrienne Hall, Chiropractor,
Clearwater, FL.
Special Category Kudos:
"This is amazingly good. You will be a smash success!"
Ethan Jessup - Attorney, Boston, MA
AND MY SON-IN-LAW!
"Upon reading every word on every page, I am a better person. You are special."
Don Bax, Jr., Clearwater, FL
AND MY STEP-SON!
