Comments for The Art of Waiting / A Arte de Esperar

Comment on Um Romance — A Costureira e o Cangaceiro by pigwhisperer

pigwhisperer — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:55:44 +0000

Obrigada, Andrea! Fico muito feliz que você gostou do livro. Obrigada pela sugestão; vou procurar esse livro.
Abraços,
Frances

Comment on Books I hope to read soon! by pigwhisperer

pigwhisperer — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:54:34 +0000

How exciting! Baby Ella will arrive very soon! You are smart to have assembled everything ahead of time, and to be saving up your sleep now. The first few months with a new baby were the most physically and mentally strenuous of my life. I felt like I was a Navy Seal in training! But it really does pass, and there is nothing as soft or as sweet as a newborn. It really is a love like no other.

I’m so happy you are enjoying the Seamstress. I hope its fulfilling all the way through until the end.

Wishing you, your wife, and Ella a safe and speedy delivery.

Comment on Um Romance — A Costureira e o Cangaceiro by Andrea Moraes

Andrea Moraes — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:21:38 +0000

Frances,
Acabei de ler seu livro (em Ingles). Nossa um dos melhores que li na minha vida! Tao envolvente, emocionante, e ao mesmo tempo tao claro e limpo em cada pagina. Parabens!
Vi que voce tem uma lista de livros que gostaria de ler. Vou deixar aqui uma sugestao tambem: Someone Knows My Name de Lawrence Hill. Tem um poder, magica e paixao comparaveis a Seamstress.
Tudo de bom, muita boa sorte nas suas empreitadas e mais uma vez obrigada pelos momentos maravilhosos que nos proporcionou com esse livro.

Comment on Books I hope to read soon! by O.

O. — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:19:41 +0000

Looks like a good and varied list to sink your teeth into. Arcadia sure has a memorable title – you can close your eyes and see that book a month after looking at it. I too have a stack of fresh books to read – “The Seamstress” is on there, and just cracked it open last night (yep, until now I’ve only read your short fiction over the years, and am a unabashed fan based strictly on that work alone). That said, I’m already in another world and loving the novel. Girl can WRITE!

And baby Ella is due June 11th. We are really looking forward to her arrival. Nursery is furnished, cribs and huge electric baby swings are built. And I have been sleeping like a rock – saving up for baby time.

Comment on The Seamstress — A Novel by pigwhisperer

pigwhisperer — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:34:06 +0000

Thank you! What a lovely comment! I’m so happy you enjoyed the book.

Comment on Planes, Trains, Automobiles, a Baby and Baristas. by pigwhisperer

pigwhisperer — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:33:15 +0000

Unfortunately we don’t sell Yaguara in the US.

When is your wife due? Wishing you a safe and speedy delivery!

Comment on The Seamstress — A Novel by gg

gg — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:06:48 +0000

I love this book I read it whilst on holiday last year, my copy is a little battered so I was just searching for another when I came across this blog. You are a fantastic author throughout the book I could not stand the anticipation of waiting for Emilia or Luzias narrative to pick up and continue. A fabulous captivating novel I hope you have written more books for me to read this summer, thankyou

Comment on Books I hope to read soon! by Kate

Kate — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:39:36 +0000

Funny, I just heard them talking about Arcadia on NPR last week. Tell me if it’s good!

Comment on Planes, Trains, Automobiles, a Baby and Baristas. by O.

O. — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:42:38 +0000

Very impressive, all of it. Seems like your family brand holds some clout. That LaMarzzoco looks like an impressive piece of kit (I’m into that sort of thing – impressively built equipment, even when I have no real use for it). Almost anything of Italian design tends to blow me away.

And where can we get Yaguara up in the states? Would be fun to try some – since my wife’s been preggers she’s switched to decaf, and basically, I’ve gone off coffee altogether because I couldn’t stand the withdrawal headaches if I was too lazy to make it one morning.

But I’m sure we’ll be back on it when baby arrives. Nice to see you are moving Emilia around too. We definitely intend to travel with our daughter as soon as she’s fit for it.

Comment on Cinderella versus Oxum by pigwhisperer

pigwhisperer — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:41:47 +0000

Hi Kate!

I actually thought of you when I was writing this post. Just because you also have girls and I wondered how you felt about all this Disney Princess stuff. I loved the photos of Georgia and June playing EMT’s over X-mas. That is the kind of play I hope Emília will engage in. I have nothing against princesses, but I just don’t want that to be the ONLY way she learns how to play. THere are so many other fun things to be!

The princesses don’t bother me as much as the “spoiled” or “fashionsita” shirts, purses, etc. I viscerally HATE that kind of thing. MOre dangerous than princesses, in my mind, are those kinds of messages, which I think are propelled by reality TV. I love trashy TV. But as an adult, I can watch the Kardashians and see them as funny and trivial, where a little girl might not. She might think that they are aspirational, which is terrifying.

You should check out Orenstein’s book from the library if you get a chance. It’s worth a read. I’m not sure I’d BUY it again. But it did get me thinking.