Journeywoman: Reader Reviews – Kate Braid https://www.katebraid.com Poet, Writer, Teacher Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:33:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.katebraid.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/cropped-KB-favicon-1-1-32x32.png Journeywoman: Reader Reviews – Kate Braid https://www.katebraid.com 32 32 It’s a Great Book https://www.katebraid.com/its-a-great-book/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:33:49 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=989 It’s a great book… Glad to read that you feel you will always be a carpenter…

male carpenter, union executive member

]]> It’s a great book… Glad to read that you feel you will always be a carpenter…

male carpenter, union executive member

]]> Wonderfully Direct, Frank, Honest, Searching https://www.katebraid.com/wonderfully-direct-frank-honest-searching/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:31:35 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=987 Wonderfully direct, frank, honest, searching – may I steal an excerpt or two for my cnf classes? (Duly reported to Access Copyright, of course.)

male university creative writing instructor

]]> Wonderfully direct, frank, honest, searching – may I steal an excerpt or two for my cnf classes? (Duly reported to Access Copyright, of course.)

male university creative writing instructor

]]> I Loved All the Union and Gender Politics https://www.katebraid.com/i-loved-all-the-union-and-gender-politics/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:29:18 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=985 What a wonderful book, powerful and beautifully written. It resonated for me in many ways, from the first A-Frame to camp life (logging and treeplanting for me), to my stints as a labourer/carpenter/builder. I loved all the union and gender politics.

male blue collar worker, now lawyer

]]> What a wonderful book, powerful and beautifully written. It resonated for me in many ways, from the first A-Frame to camp life (logging and treeplanting for me), to my stints as a labourer/carpenter/builder. I loved all the union and gender politics.

male blue collar worker, now lawyer

]]> This is One of Those Terrific and Necessary Books https://www.katebraid.com/this-is-one-of-those-terrific-and-necessary-books/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:24:57 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=983 I couldn’t put it down. It is so moving. You had me in tears several times, laughing other times. It brought all kinds of my own personal memories and emotions to the fore… Bravo, bravo and mazel tov; this is one of those terrific and necessary books.

female anthropologist, professor

]]> I couldn’t put it down. It is so moving. You had me in tears several times, laughing other times. It brought all kinds of my own personal memories and emotions to the fore… Bravo, bravo and mazel tov; this is one of those terrific and necessary books.

female anthropologist, professor

]]> It’s Not Often That Any Book Grabs Me So Strongly https://www.katebraid.com/it%e2%80%99s-not-often-that-any-book-grabs-me-so-strongly/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:22:41 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=980 Totally readable, compelling, interesting. The voice is like having you in the room, telling a story. It’s not often that any book grabs me so strongly and keeps me reading.

female artist, writer, editor

]]> Totally readable, compelling, interesting. The voice is like having you in the room, telling a story. It’s not often that any book grabs me so strongly and keeps me reading.

female artist, writer, editor

]]> Even The Jerks Have Some Dimension. It’s Great https://www.katebraid.com/even-the-jerks-have-some-dimension-it%e2%80%99s-great/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:20:28 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=978 I love the book… There’s a sense of new challenges, fresh sawdust, muscles and good food and the wonder of it all – even the jerks have some dimension. It’s great.

female English professor, biographer

]]> I love the book… There’s a sense of new challenges, fresh sawdust, muscles and good food and the wonder of it all – even the jerks have some dimension. It’s great.

female English professor, biographer

]]> WOW, WOW, WOW! I Don’t Know Why I’m Crying https://www.katebraid.com/wow-wow-wow-i-don%e2%80%99t-know-why-i%e2%80%99m-crying/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:18:19 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=976 I just finished Journeywoman. WOW, WOW, WOW! I don’t know why I’m crying. I so envy and respect that you could silence the doubts in your head and plod on. That part always trips me up even still.

mother, child care worker

]]> I just finished Journeywoman. WOW, WOW, WOW! I don’t know why I’m crying. I so envy and respect that you could silence the doubts in your head and plod on. That part always trips me up even still.

mother, child care worker

]]> I Am Proud Of You https://www.katebraid.com/i-am-proud-of-you/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:16:10 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=974 My dear, I just finished your memoir and must say how impressed I am with how you handled some of those fellows. I am proud of you and I think the book tells a great story of courage and fortitude as well as forgiveness.

Mary Elizabeth Braid, Kate’s 88-year-old mother

]]> My dear, I just finished your memoir and must say how impressed I am with how you handled some of those fellows. I am proud of you and I think the book tells a great story of courage and fortitude as well as forgiveness.

Mary Elizabeth Braid, Kate’s 88-year-old mother

]]> Thank You For Sharing Your “Journey” With Us https://www.katebraid.com/thank-you-for-sharing-your-%e2%80%9cjourney%e2%80%9d-with-us/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:48:51 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=972 It’s like reading a letter written just to me. Thank you for sharing your “journey” with those of us who didn’t take the risks to the extent you did, who didn’t ask the questions you did, who lived those years a different way but always wondered what if…?

female editor

]]> It’s like reading a letter written just to me. Thank you for sharing your “journey” with those of us who didn’t take the risks to the extent you did, who didn’t ask the questions you did, who lived those years a different way but always wondered what if…?

female editor

]]> Such a Fascinating Slice of Life https://www.katebraid.com/such-a-fascinating-slice-of-life/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:44:08 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=969 I finished Journeywoman last night and can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it. Such a fascinating slice of a rich life, such great stories told so well; a real page-turner. I wouldn’t have lasted a week in some of your situations. What a she-woman! What a tender heart.

male singer, musician, composer, choir director

]]> I finished Journeywoman last night and can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it. Such a fascinating slice of a rich life, such great stories told so well; a real page-turner. I wouldn’t have lasted a week in some of your situations. What a she-woman! What a tender heart.

male singer, musician, composer, choir director

]]> My Husband and I are Fighting Each Other to Read It https://www.katebraid.com/my-husband-and-i-are-fighting-each-other-to-read-it/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:41:46 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=967 My husband and I bought Journeywoman last week and are fighting each other to read it. Love it – fascinating, funny, touching and compelling.

writer

]]> My husband and I bought Journeywoman last week and are fighting each other to read it. Love it – fascinating, funny, touching and compelling.

writer

]]> Compelling Writing https://www.katebraid.com/compelling-writing/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:39:32 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=965 So inspiring. Beautiful, compelling writing.

writer

]]> So inspiring. Beautiful, compelling writing.

writer

]]> I Can’t Wait to Finish It so I Can Read it Again https://www.katebraid.com/i-can%e2%80%99t-wait-to-finish-it-so-i-can-read-it-again/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:28:28 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=961 I had to put my copy of Journeywoman down to send you this email. I’ve been marking my tools for years with a dab of bright red nail polish. It just tore my head off to read that you had done the same! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I’m enjoying your book. So much so, that I can’t wait to finish it so I can read it again.

female carpenter

]]> I had to put my copy of Journeywoman down to send you this email. I’ve been marking my tools for years with a dab of bright red nail polish. It just tore my head off to read that you had done the same! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I’m enjoying your book. So much so, that I can’t wait to finish it so I can read it again.

female carpenter

]]> Thanks for Helping Make it Happen https://www.katebraid.com/thanks-for-helping-make-it-happen/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:37:22 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=959 Thank you for writing Journeywoman and specifically for encouraging women to work in traditionally men’s work. It’s important that this be encouraged not only for the women, but for the men too. It humanizes the workplace when there are non-men present. Thanks for helping make it happen more.

tradesman

]]> Thank you for writing Journeywoman and specifically for encouraging women to work in traditionally men’s work. It’s important that this be encouraged not only for the women, but for the men too. It humanizes the workplace when there are non-men present. Thanks for helping make it happen more.

tradesman

]]> Brava! https://www.katebraid.com/brava/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:34:32 +0000 https://www.katebraid.com/?p=957 The book demonstrates how, ultimately, patriarchy diminishes us all. Brava!

female writer, English professor

]]> The book demonstrates how, ultimately, patriarchy diminishes us all. Brava!

female writer, English professor

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