Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs

Perfectly plotted and ranging from only one sentence to a maximum of a few pages, Beth Ann Fennelly’s collection of 52 “micro-memoirs” in Heating & Cooling is a wonderful example of how small packages can contain great delights. The bite-sized reflections are thought-provoking, touching and at times hilarious odes to marriage, family, motherhood and modern life. Fennelly skillfully encapsulates her relatable conundrums and experienced ironies in way that is realistic but not melancholy or bitter. This slim volume can be quickly consumed, but readers should take the time to fully digest each offering to fully appreciate Heating & Cooling’s poetic and memorable musings.

LOVED THIS BOOK. It is full of quick little stories, sometimes a sentence or paragraph, that makes you laugh and tear up. Beth Ann Fennelly did an incredible job writing this. I want to read it again and again!