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Dog Books: Good Dog. Stay by Anna Quindlen
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Anna Quindlen
2007-05-11 03:03:00 Wanted to share this essay I found by Anna Quindlen, Newsweek Columnist and Author.All my babies are gone now. I say this not in sorrow but in disbelief. I take great satisfaction in what I have today: three almost-adults, two taller than I am, one closing in fast. Three people who read the same books I do and have learned not to be afraidof disagreeing with me in their opinion of them, who sometimes tell vulgar jokes that make me laugh until I choke and cry, who need razor blades and shower gel and privacy, who want to keep their doors closed more than I like. Who, miraculously, go to the bathroom, zip up their jackets and move food from plate to mouth all by themselves. Like the trick soap I bought for the bathroom with a rubber ducky at its center, the baby is buried deep within each, except through the unreliable haze of the past.Everything in all the books I once poured over is finished for me now. Penelope Leach., T. Berry Brazelton., Dr. Spock. The ones on sibling rivalry and...
Anna Quindlen - Blessings
2006-12-13 21:21:02 From The Oprah Winfrey Show : Is War the Only Answer, 22 October 2006 Blessings by Anna Quindlen Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard home on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work there are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep the child . . . while Lydia Blessing, the matriarch of the estate, for her own reasons, agrees to help him. Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present; what makes a person or a life legitimate or illegitimate and who decides; and the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community. This is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by the Pulitzer Prize?winning writer about whom The Washington Post Book World said, ?Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family.? Customer R...
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Anna Quindlen - Rise and Shine: A Novel
2006-12-13 21:21:02 From Oprah and Friends Radio Show with Gayle King, 26 September 2006 Rise and Shine: A Novel by Anna Quindlen From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most. It?s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice?s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host of Rise and Shine, the country?s highest-rated morning talk show, Meghan cuts to a commercial break?but not before she mutters two forbidden words into her open mike. In an instant, it?s the end of an era, not only for Meghan, who is unaccustomed to dealing with adversity, but also for her younger sister, Bridget, a social worker in the Bronx who has always lived in Meghan?s long shadow. The effect of Meghan?s on-air truth telling reverberates through both their lives, affecting Meghan?s son, husband, friends, and fans, as well as Bridget?s perception of her sister, the...
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Anna Quindlen - Black and Blue: A Novel
2006-12-13 21:21:02 From Oprah’s Book Club, 9 April 1998 Black and Blue: A Novel by Anna Quindlen For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto kept her secret. And hid her bruises. And stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a father. And because, in spite of everything, she loved him. Then one night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son’s face, Fran finally made a choice–and ran for both their lives. Now she is starting over in a city far from home, far from Bobby. And in this place she uses a name that isn’t hers, and cradles her son in her arms, and tries to forget. For the woman who now calls herself Beth, every day is a chance to heal, to put together the pieces of her shattered self. And every day she waits for Bobby to catch up to her. Because Bobby always said he would never let her go. And despite the flawlessness of her escape, Fran Benedetto is certain of one thing: It is only a matter of time. Customer Rating: Read Reviews (Over 430 reviews!) Tags: A...
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