Book description
In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling
author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about
looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers
marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our
closets, and more. Quindlen says for us here what we may wish we could
have said ourselves. Using her past, present, and future to explore
what matters most to women at different ages, Quindlen talks about
marriage, girlfriends, our bodies and parenting.
From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, Quindlen
uses the events of her life to illuminate our own. Along with the
downsides of age, she says, can come wisdom, a perspective on life
that makes it satisfying and even joyful. Candid, funny, moving,
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake is filled with the sharp
insights and revealing observations that have long confirmed
Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.
Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on
fiction, non-fiction, and self-help bestseller lists. Her book
A
Short Guide to a Happy Life
has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at
The New
York Times
she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections,
Living Out
Loud
and
Thinking Out Loud
. Her
Newsweek
columns were collected in
Loud and Clear
. She is the author of six novels:
Object
Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine,
and
Every Last One
.
