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There are currently 25 member reviews
for The Heart-Shaped Tin
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Terrie J. (Eagan, MN)
Interesting Kitchen Memories
This was a well written accumulation of favorite kitchen memories, tools and cooking history. It was full of interesting small chapters. Some stories captured your heart. Some stories were ones that you also experienced. Some stories were about facts that I didn't know existed. I love cooking and gathering in the kitchen, so I enjoyed the different aspects. This book is one that is easy to pick up and put down. You can read it in a few days or allow it to span a few months because the stories don't relate to each other. The stories do share the common bond of kitchen or cooking memories. It does allow to appreciate your ties to kitchen items that you can't quite part with. I recommend this book for adult readers because they will be able to appreciate the experiences having lived them. It was an interesting compilation
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Ilene M. (Longmont, CO)
Not to my liking
I read about half of this book and could not go any further. I found the subject to be uninteresting, in fact, banal. The author dwelled upon the breakup of her marriage and deaths of loved one more than I cared to read about!
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Shabella G. (Salina, KS)
Touching Book
I laughed, cried, laughed and cried a lot more. This really hit home. I am dealing with the same thing the author was. I now see things differently.
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Marianne L. (Syosset, NY)
The Grace in Ordinary Kitchen Objects
The Heart-Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson
An emotional and deeply researched journey exploring the preciousness of tools and objects used in the kitchen and their enduring value. I enjoyed the history of some objects and their varying uses. Additionally, I was impressed at how the author drew out the truth of how common kitchen objects become laden with associations to specific family members, life events or even certain recipes. I do think couching this work within the framework of losses in her life detracted from the book, feeling burdensome at times. For me, framing the book within a celebration of ordinary life and its objects would make the book more appealing.
