Stir : My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home (Paperback)

from Karen59

Six months ago I had a stroke. I am young, a mother and of course this was completely unexpected and my life was upended. I was scared and in a very dark place. Then I was lucky enough to read "Stir" by Jessica Fechtor. Finally I had a companion, a voice guiding the way a bit. In Yiddish, Jessica...

from nyiper

Even without the recipes, what a memory Jessica has! The detail in everything she experienced and described gave a full color mental picture to everything she was doing---recipes included! It sounds like a terrible series of medical events to endure but what an amazing husband and family and coll...

from pgchuis

This was recommended to me by a friend and I really only skimmed it. I found the non-linear way the backstory was slotted in around the narrative of her aneurism and recovery confusing. I did not read the recipes. I did not feel I got to know Eli, her husband, to any great extent. I would have be...

from amandacb

Baked ziti, oatmeal cookies, potato salad, and pan-roasted salmon recipes, among others, are peppered throughout Jessica Fechtor's new memoir, Stir. After suffering an aneurysm that nearly killed her, Fechtor wrestles with regaining her muscles, sight, and cooking prowess by coming back home to t...

from Karen59

Six months ago I had a stroke. I am young, a mother and of course this was completely unexpected and my life was upended. I was scared and in a very dark place. Then I was lucky enough to read "Stir" by Jessica Fechtor. Finally I had a companion, a voice guiding the way a bit. In Yiddish, Jessica...