Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz

Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco

Alia Volz

447 pages first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional informative fast-paced
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This memoir is ideal for readers drawn to immersive, true stories that intertwine personal resilience, countercultural history, and the societal upheavals of 1970s-80s San Francisco, with a focus on activism and the human connections forged in crisis.

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A blazingly funny, heartfelt memoir from the daughter of the larger-than-life woman who ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, an underground bakery that distributed thousands of marijuana brownies per month and helped provide medical marijuana to AIDS pati...

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4.41
based on 294 reviews

Moods

informative: 84%

emotional: 63%

reflective: 63%

funny: 60%

inspiring: 50%

sad: 42%

adventurous: 36%

lighthearted: 28%

hopeful: 26%

challenging: 10%

dark: 5%

tense: 5%

mysterious: 2%

relaxing: 2%


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8% of readers chose fast
78% of readers chose medium
13% of readers chose slow
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