His entry begins:I've been reading Apples and Oranges, a memoir about her often difficult relationship with her brother by the journalist Marie Brenner. I saw the book on a couple of end-of-year Best Of lists and it looked interesting so I picked it up. It is quite good and well done -- the writing is sharp and the dynamics of the relationships are nuanced and familiar to anyone who has had strained familial experiences, which is everyone, really. I am additionally interested in Brenner's book as I'm thinking about...[read on]Watch the Jetpack Dreams trailer and read an excerpt from the book at the official website.
Among the praise for Jetpack Dreams:"Reading this book is as fun as zooming through the sky with a rocket on your back. And better yet, you won't break your collarbone doing it."Writers Read: Mac Montandon.
— A.J. Jacobs, Author of The Know-it-All and The Year of Living Biblically
"Jetpack Dreams is a delightful and engrossing story of the quest for one of humankind's greatest technological fantasies—to strap on a device and fly like a bird."
— Mark Frauenfelder, editor-in-chief of Make Magazine and founder of BoingBoing.net
--Marshal Zeringue
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