Quindlen, Anna

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Loud and clear

2005
A collection of essays in which the author reflects on what it is like to be a woman, mother, and writer in American society today.

Blessings

a novel
2004
Lives are changed forever when a teenage couple leave the baby they cannot keep in a box on the grounds of the Blessings estate, and caretaker Skip Cuddy, aided by matriarch Lydia Blessing, decides to keep and raise the infant.

A short guide to a happy life

2000
Novelist Anna Quindlen offers her reflections on how to live a full and happy life.

The tree that came to stay

1989
A family finds a way to preserve the feeling of Christmas into the new year by filling a basket with the pine needles from the Christmas tree.

Rise and shine

a novel
2006
A 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 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, their complex childhood, and herself.--From publisher description.

Blessings

a novel
2002
Lives are changed forever when a teenage couple leave the baby they cannot keep in a box on the grounds of the Blessings estate, and caretaker Skip Cuddy, aided by matriarch Lydia Blessing, decides to keep and raise the infant.

Thinking out loud

on the personal, the political, the public, and the private
1993
Reprints from the author's New York Times column examine such issues as war, the right to die, sexual harassment, abortion, rape, surrogate motherhood, and gay rights.

Good dog. Stay.

2007
The author reminisces about her life with her beloved dog, Beau, and describes the life lessons she learned from him.

Object lessons

1991
Describes one summer in the life of a large Irish-Italian family in the late 1960s.

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