You Fall Off, You Get Back On: A Patchwork Memoir

I really liked it I know Mary, and she is a delightfully warm and funny person, with surprising depth and a bright spirit Her book is just the same I recommend it highly It is a collection of stories with an intermittent set of common threads and wow, what a great quilting job putting stories together The memoir covers a rich and wide ranging life from wrangling cattle and photographing rodeos to the glamour and grit of Hollywood In between there are quite a few everyday insights on people and p [...]

I m one of the First Reads winners of this book I can hardly wait to receive it EDIT This is definitely one of those feel good books that leave the reader with a warm feeling and a sweet aftertaste When I first took part in the giveaway for this book, it was for her past as a rodeo rider I love horses, but have never had the good fortune to enjoy rodeo, largely due to my national background.While I may not have been left feeling particularly inspired to take risks in life, I did feel a form of [...]

When I taught Creative Writing I would require my students to interview a grandparent or someone of their grandparent s generation and persuade them to tell their life stories Many young people came back to me saying their grandparents told them they didn t have any stories of their lives I informed my students that anyone who had reached the age of 2 had stories, and they just had to ask the right questions All of them eventually figured out what those questions were for their own grandparents [...]

If there is an American born and bred gal who most beautifully exemplifies that special verve, curiosity, independence, imagination, and fearlessness that we associate with the finest women in our great American West, my vote would be for Mary Stobie, author of her delightful patchwork memoir, You Fall Off, You Get Back On Mary s book is composed of a series of adventures drawn from her own remarkable life She is a modern day cowgirl who refuses to confine herself to the fenced in spaces of what [...]

This book gave me the warm fuzzies I just sat down by the fire with a big bowl of sunflower seeds and read the whole thing, start to finish.

You Fall Off, You Get Back Onis a charming memoir by former Rocky Mountain Columnist Mary Stobie A collection of her best columns and essays, Stobie s memoir is a bit disjointed as a collection, and never really seems to make much ground While her work is funny and full of unique perspectives of a true rural fringe Denverite, her amateur hand shows Not that this should be all that surprising or annoying, her book is small market, and blissfully non pretentious I walked away from my reading feeli [...]

Enjoyed the memoir writings of a friend Great to revisit scenes of the past through her eyes and remember my own trip into the past Easy to read and laugh with.

A fun read about a woman that puts herself out there to experience the unexpected Sparks memories of my teen years and the area around Lakewood Golden Colorado and the sentinel mesas west of town.

Well of course I love it because I m the author Now people are telling me they love it too.Annie Oakley meets Erma Bombeck Not to be missed.