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Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning | 
 enlarge | Author: Debby Bull
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 659423
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0786883200
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5409
EAN: 9780786883202
ASIN: 0786883200
Publication Date: April 22, 1998
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Product Description
In a fresh and funny literary voice that ranks her alongside Nora Ephron, former "Rolling Stone" writer Debby Bull searches the world for a cure to the depression she finds herself in when a relationship ends. Checking out psychics, gurus, shrinks, and channels, she tackles all that the new cultural landscape has to offer--always coming back to her jam-making. Includes 15 real canning recipes. Line art.
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 I've searched for months... October 8, 2005
I got this book many years ago used from a library on a whim, because I liked the cover. I think I lost it when I moved out of my parents' house and broke up with my boyfriend of two years, *of course* the time when I needed it most. I've been searching for months and scouring my brain for the title of this book, and now that I've found it, *sigh* I can feel my wounded heart healing already. It's a fantastic and wacky book, so random, it's absolutely perfect for the scattered-brain effects of post-breakup trauma.
 A lesson to learn! October 7, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am glad I read it! I started the book and immediately thought this woman was crazy, a looney, a wack job. After getting a feel for the book I realized that although this woman seemed crazy to me, I related SOME things to her. It's been awhile but years ago I remember going through a break up that was hard to let go. Now, I was in high school and that to me is a teenager thing but I could relate. Different phases, different situations but probably all the same feelings. This book jumps around to different things which keeps you interested on her journeys, all the while learning a little about canning. Something I know NOTHING about. In the end it comes together, it's a amazing how all the jumble of stories, times, thoughts come together to show a lesson learned. Now, I have a feeling each reader will take something completely different from this book, a lesson of some sort!
My favorite line was (I think) from page 85 or 86. She talks about her phase of collecting things. All sorts of things. One being wooden birds on sticks for her garden/yard. her neighbor yells at her "your like Martha Stewart on crack!" I loved it. It was a total giggle out loud!
A Recipe for Mending April 9, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Simply stated, one of the best books for healing and growth (and humor) I've ever read...well, to be specific, I've ever read 5 times! It's a simple read, yet keeps your eyes glued to its pages; its voice strikes you right to your core and makes you wonder if it wasn't written solely for you! I've loaned it to friends a million times over, and it's never been received with anything less than pure excitement, relief, pleasure, and appreciation. Great writing, great book, great lessons. It's both practical and spiritual, humorous and poignant, insightful and memorable. It's a book you won't soon forget.
"I'm so misrable without ya, it's almost like i got ya back" June 7, 2001
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been in her shoes, and i know how it feels to search for peace. She does a great, amusing job describing her search. I did not like the ending all that much (too predictable). On another note, i am sure few are going to go to the store and buy a book on canning, yet this book has perfectly good recipes that one can follow. Canning, a lost art, now recovered thanks to DB
Funny, Heartwarming, and Inspiring! November 6, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wish I could write as well as Ms. Bull does. In this quick, yet concise memoir, she manages to capture both the emotions of any 30something woman who goes through a painful break-up, and dead-on characterizations of the personalities whom she meets through her travels. Not many books have made my heart skip a beat, put a smile on my face, and made me want to start reading it all over again. This one did--I highly reccomend it! Can't wait for her next book!
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