{"product_id":"departure-stories-betty-crocker-made-matzoh-balls-and-other-lies-hardback-9780253064066","title":"Departure Stories; Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and Other Lies) (Hardback) 9780253064066","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeparture Stories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBetty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and Other Lies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElisa Bernick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253064066\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 October 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 2 b\u0026amp;w photos - 2 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernick's nimble storytelling has much to love. It's an insightful and spot-on mélange of perfectly preserved stories on place, history, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e (Publishers Weekly, starred review) \u003cp\u003eA moving memoir by a Minnesota native about her complicated childhood, and her complicated mother.\u003c\/p\u003e (StarTribune) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeparture Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is an inviting, deeply poignant first memoir that offers an intergenerational smorgasbord of well-balanced, well-portioned personal stories, anecdotes, jokes, Jewish history and heritage—and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e (Reading Between the Lines) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeparture Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is an informative, moving, and uplifting story of resilience and forgiveness—and the power of storytelling\u003c\/p\u003e (By the Book BTX) \u003cp\u003eBernick's storytelling is ambitious and intellectually stimulating\u003c\/p\u003e - Jamie Wendt (Jewish Book Council) \u003cp\u003eA fascinating and compulsive page turner of a read from cover to cover.\u003c\/p\u003e (Midwest Book Reviews)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We weren't religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling 'Goddammit!'\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElisa Bernick grew up \"different\" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the center of her world was her mother, Arlene, who was a foul-mouthed, red-headed, suburban Samson who ultimately shook the walls of their family until it collapsed. Poignant and provocative, Departure Stories peers through the broader lens of Minnesota's recent history to reveal an intergenerational journey through trauma that unraveled the Bernick family and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeftly interweaving reporting, archival material, memoir, jokes, scrapbook fragments, personal commentary, and one very special Waikiki Meatballs recipe, Bernick explores how the invisible baggage of place and memory, Minnesota's uniquely antisemitic history, and the cultural shifts of feminism and changing marital expectations contributed to her family's eventual implosion. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeparture Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies) is a personal exploration of erasure, immigrants, and exiles that examines the ways departures—from places, families and memory—have far-reaching effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Arrivals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Bernick Family Survival Relay\u003cbr\u003eMemory is a Slippery Fish\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Jewish Invasion\u003cbr\u003eThree Jewish Jokes\u003cbr\u003eThree Minnesota Jokes\u003cbr\u003eA Departure from Minnesota Nice\u003cbr\u003eA Story Told to Me by Grandpa Izzy\u003cbr\u003eAliens from Dee Olt Countree\u003cbr\u003eDecamping to the Suburbs\u003cbr\u003eInteresting Demographics\u003cbr\u003eEmigration to Assimilation\u003cbr\u003eThe First Coffee Klatch\u003cbr\u003eWaikiki Meatballs (recipe)\u003cbr\u003eArlene Wants Nice Lamps\u003cbr\u003eMaking a Betty Crocker Break for It\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Minnesota 1964\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Jewish Minnesota 1964\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Samuel Bernick Reaches for the Crown\u003cbr\u003eHusbands of Contestants Wash Dishes\u003cbr\u003ePageant Night—Mrs. Minnesota 1964\u003cbr\u003eWinners and Losers\u003cbr\u003eJewishNotChristian\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Swanson—1967\u003cbr\u003eCan't Hide from the Weather\u003cbr\u003eCold Snap\u003cbr\u003eThe Pain Game—1968\u003cbr\u003eSewing (In)Sanity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Departing from the Storyline\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAnother Jewish Joke\u003cbr\u003e(Re)Constructing the Narrative\u003cbr\u003eMarriage Go-Round\u003cbr\u003eDisclaimer\u003cbr\u003eArlene Goes AWOL—1968\u003cbr\u003eDisappearing Act\u003cbr\u003eTurn Up the Volume—1968\u003cbr\u003eMissing the Strike Zone\u003cbr\u003eExiled to the War Zone—1969\u003cbr\u003eRevolutionaries\u003cbr\u003eNo Rescue in Sight—1969\u003cbr\u003eTerra Incognita\u003cbr\u003eThe Swinging Tree\u003cbr\u003eStress Fractures\u003cbr\u003eBubble-Speak\u003cbr\u003eGrit\u003cbr\u003eOut in the Cold\u003cbr\u003eLooking for the Exits\u003cbr\u003eSnow Bunny Gets Lost in La La Land\u003cbr\u003eBad with a Capital BS\u003cbr\u003eA Real Nightmare\u003cbr\u003eRemembering and Forgetting\u003cbr\u003eTruth and Lies\u003cbr\u003eThe Nearest Exit\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Evolving Storylines\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eTimeline: Jews (and my family) in Minnesota 1840-1962\u003cbr\u003eTimeline: Jews (and my family) in the Minneapolis suburbs 1950-1970\u003cbr\u003eTimeline: The \"Divorce Revolution\" 1960-1975\u003cbr\u003eTimeline: Jews (and my family) in California 1945-1973\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525494993176,"sku":"9780253064066","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/departure-stories-betty-crocker-made-matzoh-balls-and-other-lies-hardback-9780253064066","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}