The Cookbook Collector (Hardcover) by Allegra Goodman

from gayla.bassham

This is not the tour de force that Intuition was, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't find the tech boom/Silicon Valley milieu boring at all--I thought it was a lot of fun to read about. Since the book is set in 1999 - 2001, of course September 11 looms over everything, but I thought it wa...

from LaBibliophille

Allegra Goodman has once again delivered a book with an interesting premise that is readable and literate. The Cookbook Collector begins in the late 1990's in the midst of the dotcom boom. It tells the story of two very different sisters. Although raised in Massachusetts, the sisters both live in...

from porch_reader

This book begins in the final months of the twentieth century. Technology companies are growing like crazy, and those on the ground floor are becoming millionaires - at least on paper - as the companies go public. Emily Bach, the CEO of Veritech, celebrates her IPO (initial public offering) in Ca...

from bookworm12

Sisters Emily and Jess lost their mother when at a young age. Now as adults they've chosen completely different life styles. Emily is the co-founder of a successful dotcom business. Jess is an eternal student, working in a bookstore and campaigning for eco rights in Berkley. The characters and pr...

from JackieBlem

This book has a broad range--from millionaire dot.com execs to literal tree huggers, book collectors and poetic references to food. It's about two sisters at its most basic, one a hugely successful workaholic, the other a drifting PhD candidate who just can't seem to settle down. And all the peop...