Author: Emily Morrow
Title: Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality
Genre: Non-fiction
Publication Date: March 12, 2024
Number of Pages: 240
Geographical Setting: Unspecified
Time Period: Current day
Series: N/A
Plot Summary: "Crunchy
is a spectrum" says Emily Morrow, star of the viral social media accounts
Really Very Crunchy, in which Morrow parodies the "crunchy" lifestyle
of natural remedies, toxin and chemical free households, and barefoot living.
While you can never quite tell how much of Emily's videos are real and how much
are exaggerated, in this book, the author gets much more personal about her
crunchiness, and gives readers advice they can use to live a more natural
lifestyle using humor, kindness, and never judgement. Morrow really wants
readers to know that even small steps can make a big difference, and no matter
where readers land on the crunchy spectrum, they will walk away with new ways
to up their holistic lifestyle game.
Appeal:
Characterization: Emily becomes a character in her book, sharing her experiences in how she grew in her crunchy journey. Hearing these more personal stories help develop Emily as a real person beyond the humor that readers know from her social media parodies. Also a character in her book is her husband Jason, who ends each chapter with a bit of final advice for the potential skeptics out there (he is often portrayed as the “voice of reason” in Emily’s parodies).
· Learning/Experiencing: Readers are picking up
this book to learn, be it to learn more about Emily herself, or to learn more
about the crunchy lifestyle. Even if someone is far along in their crunchy
journey, they will learn something new in this book.
· Tone: This book’s tone is light, humorous, and
free of judgement. These elements make the book an easy, entertaining read.
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd: Like Emily Morrow’s social media fame, this book is about a mom who is a successful influencer who gives honest advice to her large account of followers.
Little Helper, Big Imagination by Emily Morrow, Sarah Garland, and Richard Cowdrey: This upcoming fictional picture book that is also by Emily Morrow is also about transforming your life, but this book focuses on the child’s perspective of transforming everyday tasks into something magical.
3 relevant non-fiction works:
Honestly, it's kind of refreshing to see if parody of this lifestyle. I've come across many "crunchy moms" and in my experience, many of them can be very rude and judgmental about how other people choose to parent or live their lives, even when asking for advice. I've seen people on Facebook groups quantify their questions or comments with things like "I know it's not good enough," or what have you, because they're nervous about how "crunchy moms" might respond. Obviously, to each their own and all the more power to those that have the ability and resources to take up lifestyles that are better for their health or planet, but when they start to create toxic environments where other people feel nervous about asking questions, I start to question their validity. It's the same thing with book banning or how we curate our readers' advisory or book picks in our library. They should be places of no judgement and helping people get what they need.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this title!
Oh, I just love the comparison to our work as librarians! Never would have thought of it that way but it's so true!
DeleteI had no idea she had a book! Great job on this write up - now I definitely want to read it!
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