Blue Collar B&B - Adventures in Hospitality

Blue Collar B&B - Adventures in Hospitality
by Bobby Hutchinson

Blue Collar B&B - Adventures in Hospitality
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Author: Bobby Hutchinson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-01
ISBN: 1934938696
Number of pages: 172
Publisher: Langdon Street Press (a division of Hillcrest Publishing Group, Inc.)
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  • ISBN13: 9781934938690
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Blue Collar B&B - Adventures in Hospitality

Book Review: Funny, Warm and Wise - with recipes!
Summary: 5 Stars

I read this wonderful book in one sitting because couldn't put it down. I could not stop laughing as romance author turned B&B hostess Hutchinson relates her adventures. The book is a memoir, in the tradition of Eat, Pray, Love, about a woman who tries something completely new, at an age when most women are slowing down, and discovers a cast of charming, eccentric and sometimes truly strange characters along the way. Hutchinson has styled this book as a sort of tongue-in-cheek how-to advice book for anyone starting their own bed and breakfast. The book begins, 'Utterly petrified, I cowered in the kitchen as the doorbell announced my first guest.' I found her honesty and self-deprecating humor charming and as she finds the courage to quit cowering and answer the door, a world of fun begins. Hutchinson has a way of telling her story, entwined with the stories of her guests, so that they almost feel like linked short stories. Long after I finished reading Blue Collar Chronicles, I found myself wondering what had happened to some of the people who wandered through these pages. What of the Spanish Armada? The family from Spain who came to Canada to start a new life? Or The Junkman, who liked to bestow odd gifts on the author, leaving them on her front porch. You may not put this book down and immediately decide to open a bed and breakfast, but you will learn what goes into running a successful B&B, enjoy the recipes liberally sprinkled through the book and you'll meet some fascinating characters -- including the author.

Summary of Blue Collar B&B - Adventures in Hospitality

Writing with terrific inventiveness and creativity, Hutchinson's tales of opening and running her B&B draw you in as they display a lighthearted feel for human nature and the foibles that we all share.

When a twice-divorced, sixty-something woman whose sole source of income was writing steamy romance novels decided to make a change in her life, she had no idea what she would soon face. Despite never having stayed in a bed and breakfast, and knowing absolutely nothing about running a B&B, she jumped right in. Strange people, some from nearby and some from halfway around the world, arrived at her home with their stories and their struggles, not to mention their baggage (psychological and otherwise).

In Blue Collar B&B, author Bobby Hutchinson tells magnificently entertaining tales of her foray into operating a bed and breakfast. She turned her home into a friendly oasis for travelers, at the same time maintaining her friendships with a cast of neighborhood characters who provide a constant mix of laughter and consternation.

Each chapter of Blue Collar B&B is a great tale, peppered with humor, a little tragedy, and many life lessons. Writing with terrific inventiveness and creativity, Hutchinson effortlessly displays a lighthearted feel for human nature and the foibles that we all share.

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