{"product_id":"compromise-cake-paperback-by-nancy-spiller","title":"Compromise Cake Paperback by Nancy Spiller","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCounterpoint\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-05-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e160\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781619025431\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eAfter her mother's death in 2007, Nancy Spiller discovered her mother's teaching credential buried in a recipe box. Her mother had taught for only one year before marrying and having four children. Spiller realized that she had probably been her mother's best and only student in the kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompromise Cake\u003c\/i\u003e explores Spiller's life in the suburbs in Northern California in the 1960's, learning to cook by her mother's side, as remembered through the recipe box. It touches on lineage and industrial changes; it is a meditation on men, women, marriage and the concept of compromise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat emerges is a portrait of someone whose hopes, dreams and desires for herself as a a career woman, writer, and artist were stifled by the pressure to pursue the conventional female roles of wife and mother, but who found expression through her daughter, an author and artist. A memoir that extends beyond the relationship between Spiller and her mother, the book is universal for all mothers and daughters – and what, as they say, is baked into the cake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis has been illustrated by the author with more than a dozen color illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Spiller\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and artist currently living in Los Angeles. A third generation California native, she was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a graduate of San Francisco State University. She served as staff feature writer at the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e and its Sunday magazine, \u003ci\u003eWest \u003c\/i\u003e, and at the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e. She was editor and internationally syndicated columnist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Syndicate's Entertainment News Service. Her essays and articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Sunday Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcCall's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCoagula Art Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eRain City Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has studied art at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design and UCLA. Her recent installation and exhibition at L.A. Contemporary Gallery in Culver City, \"Reverse Trash Streams: The Junk Mail Project,\" featured 157 pounds of shredded junk mail, the result of one year's worth collected at her home, accompanied by her Shredded series of paintings and drawings. Art in America lauded it for its humor, resigned pathos and concern with \"larger social issues.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe lives with her husband Tom, their dog and two cats at the edge of a preserved coastal canyon on Los Angeles' wild western edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556180644001,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781619025431","price":15.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781619025431_9daa85c2-6175-48de-a34a-79b6422b57ce.jpg?v=1781808026","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/compromise-cake-paperback-by-nancy-spiller","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}