The Partly Cloudy Patriot
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"In The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty bumpy roads of her own life. In this collection of personal stories Vowell ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else?
What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot?"--BOOK JACKET.
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I didn't like this book
at all at first. Vowell
struck me as just another
self-centered Friends
wannabe. But as I read on,
I grew to love her passion
for her country and her
world.
this is probably my favorite book ever and sarah vowell is my role model.
I liked that I had listened to one of her other books on tape, it made it so that when I read some particular passages that I heard her voice. At times she has these really great tones: witty, sarcastic, humorous, self-depreciating (but not over done), sensible, and more. I loved the first half of the book more than the second, I found myself nodding in agreement, laughing, and loving the quotes more often. The second half was pretty good too, but I'm not a big Buffy fan, and I found some of her topics were just a bit ‘off'.
