Very Kind Comments from Readers

When Nancy Collins’ “perfect” life is upended, she finds herself living alone on a creaky boat, saddled with debt, and facing an uncertain future. She thus embarks on a high-spirited and often hilarious journey that leads her through many wrong turns to find the perfectly imperfect husband, cat, and home and, perhaps most critically, a new sense of purpose behind a pottery wheel. It is there she discovers to embrace life with all its flaws, cracks and all. You will find yourself cheering on this delightful author every step – and stumble – along the way.

--- ELIZABETH PEAVEY, celebrated Maine writer, performer, and educator [[and the creator of the award-winning one-woman show My Mother’s Clothes Are Not My Mother]]

In this memoir-in-essays, The Perfectly Imperfect Potter, Nancy takes readers on a journey through a life lived with an intrepid spirit, from living solo year-round on a 38' boat docked in Chesapeake Bay, to taking ice-skating lessons in her sixties; from Buddhist retreats to learning pottery; from relearning downhill skiing to finding new love mid-life. Throughout these adventures, Collins follows the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi, embracing and even celebrating imperfections. Collins' verve, and often courage, will inspire readers in this charming and beautifully-written memoir. 

---MAUREEN STANTON, author of The Murmur of Everything Moving: A Memoir and her new Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood

 In this memoir-in-essays, The Perfect Imperfect Potter, Nancy takes readers on a journey through a life lived with an intrepid spirit, from living solo year-round on a 38-foot boat docked in Chesapeake Bay to ice-skating lessons in her sixties; from Buddhists retreats to learning pottery; from relearning downhill skiing in Maine to finding new love and mid-life. Throughout these adventures, Collins follows the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi, embracing and even celebrating imperfections. Collins’s verve, and often courage, will inspire readers in this charming and beautifully written memoir.