Endangered pleasures
Subtitle: in defense of naps, bacon, martinis, profanity, and other indulgences
By: Barbara Holland.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
Description: Barbara Holland takes up arms against America's current ethic of industrious virtue. We work longer than we did twenty years ago and eat more vegetables, but why get rich and live forever if our lives are gray and arduous? Holland persuades us to notice and guard the small delights that cheer our day.