Lots of candles, plenty of cake
By: Anna Quindlen
Edition: 1st large print ed.
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780739378557
Subjects: Parenting; American Authors; Biography; Women
Description: In this irresistible memoir, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead--and celebrating it all--as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : life in the fifties; title: pt. 1. The laboratory of life. Stuff ; Next of kin ; Girlfriends; title: pt. 2. The wisdom of why. Generations ; Near miss ; Mirror, mirror ; Solitude; title: pt. 3. The element of surprise. The little stories we tell ourselves ; Older ; Push ; Expectations; title: pt. 4. The be-all and end-all. Faith ; Step aside ; Mortality ; To be continued.