Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide [Paperback]

Traci Vogel (Author), Novella Carpenter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 22, 2002

The one thing all Northwesterners--rich, poor, old, young, newcomers, and lifelong residents--can agree on is that winters here are long and dark. This spunky little book will guide you out of your winter funk with equal parts humor, advice, and panache.

Weather got you down? Worried you're going to spend yet another winter overeating, catching colds, and feeling depressed? Don't move to Los Angeles or check yourself into a sanatorium just yet, because darling, we're here to help. Read Don't Jump! to find out whether you're a Prisoner of Weather (POW) and discover how the whipped cream on your mocha can forecast the weather better than any hack on TV. Soon you too will be asking your loved ones the all-important question: why give me a bathrobe when you can get me a Dawn Simulator?

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Traci Vogel is associate editor for The Stranger. When Novella Carpenter isnt bitching about the rain, she can be found making fun of hippies and writing for The Stranger. Both authors live in Seattle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books (January 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570612668
• ISBN-13: 978-1570612664
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Novella Carpenter has a farm on a dead-end street in the ghetto of Oakland, CA. On GhostTown Farm, she has raised vegetables, chickens, rabbits, ducks, goats, turkeys, pigs, and bees. Her work has appeared in salon.com, sfgate.com, and Food and Wine magazine. She is also a member of the Biofuel Oasis Cooperative, a biodiesel station and urban farming feed store in Berkeley, CA. Her next book, due out in February 2011 is a how-to urban farm manual, written with Willow Rosenthal of City Slicker Farms. She keeps a blog about happenings on GhostTown Farm at www.novellacarpenter.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Winter Reading, October 22, 2000

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Mia (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide (Paperback)

I saw this book in an on-campus bookstore and was feeling impulsive. It turned out to be a wonderful investment. I have seasonal affective dissorder and reading the lighthearted tips and observations of this winter blues survival guide made me a happy lass. I liked it so much that when I accidently left it in a school cafeteria I had to run out and buy another one right away. :) Alli Arnold's illustrations are fabulous, as well.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For those who need a silly book, November 9, 2001

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John C Rose (Federal Way, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide (Paperback)

I read the two other reveiws and I'm guessing this is in the "I love it" or the "I'd leave it on the shelf" kind of book. I bought it for my wife a year ago and she picks it up again and again. It is a very silly book. The stars are for those without enough silly in their lives. It's a good laugh and I'd like to see another like it. It is worth every smile.

9 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Guide, February 19, 2001

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Susan Barchard "[e-mail]" (Brecksville, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide (Paperback)

Where are all the stars coming from? I bought this book, and I was highly dissapointed. I was looking for useful information on diet, light therapy, vitamins, etc. that would actually help you survive the real winter blues - seasonal attitude diplacement disorder. This book was written for someone who doesn't have a life and needs to be told stupid little things to do to keep from being bored. All you 5 star people - get a life! P.S. If you look real hard you might find vitamin info in a one liner somewhere in this book. Otherwise it's mostly nonsense.