Dish It Up, Baby [Paperback]

Kristie Helms (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Firebrand Books (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563411342
• ISBN-13: 978-1563411342
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,576,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A powerful story of hope and freedom, January 15, 2004

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"mobtownblues" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dish It Up, Baby (Paperback)

This impressive debut novel boasts a compelling protagonist, a compelling story arc, and an elegantly spare writing style that seems to have flowed directly from the author's heart to her pen. Helms dives fearlessly into reservoirs of freedom, sorrow, anger, love, and hope. It is a pleasure to witness the heroine's discovery of herself and the world she moves through. My only regret is the book's slimness; I wished to spend more time with the character. I look forward to Ms. Helms next effort.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something Happened, January 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dish It Up, Baby (Paperback)

I'm pretty sure that other reviewer didn't read the book as it wasn't released as of the date the review was written. Also, if he or she had actually read the book, he or she would know that a great deal happens. Unless you count escaping an abusive marriage as nothing happening...which this person may.

Lifetime makes women's lives all seem like the only part that matters is escaping those marriages. No one ever seems to care what happens once you leave, how the woman cowering in the corner of the kitchen can escape the physical danger and still have to work through the emotional process of leaving. And how at the end of that journey, there can be love, friendship, and fulfillment beyond what she could have imagined while married.

In Helms' story, that journey is invigorating. At the same time it manages to tell the tale of leaving and rebirth, it also captures a time and place in New York City prior to 9/11 that seems lost today. I didn't want to get off the subway once I got into it - and that's saying a lot since I hate the subway.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read.Great for a snow day or a cold winter night!, January 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dish It Up, Baby (Paperback)

This book is a great read - everything that women's fiction should be. It's a lighthearted story about a young woman who grew up at the lower end of the socio-economic scale in Kentucky and is able to achieve her dreams. If you are a twenty-something woman, if you are from Kentucky, WVa or similar, if you are new to the corporate world or NYC, if you are looking for love in all the wrong places, you will relate to and really enjoy the protagonist here. Enjoy.