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Erica Bauermeister

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Born

Pasadena, California, The United States

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http://www.ericabauermeister.com

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Literature & Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction

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E.M. Forster, Jane Austen, Susan Vreeland, Joanne Harris Alice Hoffman ...more

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February 2009

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Erica Bauermeister is the NYT bestselling author of five novels -- The Scent Keeper (a Reese's Book Club pick), The School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners, The Lost Art of Mixing, and a new novel, No Two Persons, due out in May of 2023. She has also written a memoir, House Lessons: Renovating a Life and is the co-author of two readers' guides: 500 Great Books by Women and Let's Hear It For the Girls. She currently lives in Port Townsend, Wa with her husband and 238 wild deer. ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 140,159 ratings · 18,905 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Scent Keeper 3.93 avg rating — 66,360 ratings — published 2019 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The School of Essential Ingredients 3.83 avg rating — 30,764 ratings — published 2009 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Two Persons 4.09 avg rating — 22,177 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joy for Beginners 3.71 avg rating — 8,883 ratings — published 2011 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Art of Mixing 3.70 avg rating — 8,336 ratings — published 2013 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House Lessons: Renovating a Life 4.05 avg rating — 2,415 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	500 Great Books by Women by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author), Holly Smith, Jesse Larsen 3.95 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14 by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author), Holly Smith really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il club dei lettori in cerca di felicità by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author), Sara Caraffini (translator) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kärlekens ingredienser by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author), Callin Öhrvall Delmar (Narrator), Maria Store (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Erica Bauermeister rated a book it was amazing The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is historical fiction at its best—three-dimensional in its research, with vivid characters and tough messages about how women were treated by the legal and cultural systems in late 18th century America. Martha Ballard is a heroine for the ages - ...more
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This may well be the most beautiful and important novel I've read in my life. It starts with a hurricane and a birth, so astonishingly, vividly described that it had me reading sentences out loud to my husband on a road trip. I was so caught up in th ...more
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This book was a slow burn, a meander in the best of all possible ways. For how do we solve murders other than to try on one scenario after another? Bodie comes back to her fancy high school, now as a teacher for a mid-winter break class on podcasting ...more
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What an astonishing, gorgeous, heartbreaking book. I have been an admirer of Jesmyn Ward's work for a while now, but this one. Oh, this one. It takes on the emotional, physical, generational, and cultural costs of slavery and turns them into poetry, ...more
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The Sellout is fast, sharp, and packed with references, and tweaks on references, and cultural puns. There is a plot line, if you look hard enough, but that's not the point. This is a first-person monologue about racism in America that dips and dives ...more
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Erica Bauermeister made a comment on Annie’s review of No Two Persons " I love your windows and mirrors concept. I agree completely! "
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“Each person's heart breaks in it's own way. Every cure will be different, but there are some things we all need. Before anything else, we need to feel safe.”
― Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients

tags: heartbreak

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“Life is beautiful. Some people just remind you of that more than others.”
― Erica Bauermeister, The School of Essential Ingredients

tags: beautiful, life

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“They said - Adults need to have fun so children will want to grow up.”
― Erica Bauermeister, Joy for Beginners

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July BoTM Nominations ~ "Hello Sunshine- Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Picks" ~ Final Poll

The Sanatorium

by Sarah Pearse

12 votes, 38.7%

The Scent Keeper

by Erica Bauermeister

5 votes, 16.1%

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

by Balli Kaur Jaswal

5 votes, 16.1%

This Is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel

4 votes, 12.9%

Whisper Network

by Chandler Baker

3 votes, 9.7%

The Chicken Sisters

by K.J. Dell'Antonia

2 votes, 6.5%

31 total votes

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