Living Out Loud

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Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1994-03-08
Publisher(s): Ballantine Books
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Summary

"A panopticon of life in this decade, sure to be valuable to future social historians She touches on life, love, home, family, work, men, women, children and issues large and small." CHICAGO TRIBUNE The voice is Anna Quindlen's. But we know the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonder expressed in all her columns, for most of us share them. With her NEW YORK TIMES-based column, "LIFE IN THE 30s," Anna Quindlen valued to national attention, and this wonderful collection shows why. As she proved in OBJECT LESSONS and THINKIN OUT LOUD, Anna Quindlen's views always fascinate.

Author Biography

Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of eight novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and Miller’s Valley. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a number one New York Times bestseller. 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.

Table of Contents

IN THE BEGINNING xv
LOOKING BACK 3(28)
The Lightning Bugs Are Back
3(3)
A Paul Girl
6(4)
At the Beach
10(3)
Reunion
13(4)
Cats
17(3)
Bookworm
20(4)
Halloween
24(7)
BEING A WOMAN 31(38)
Women Are Just Better
31(4)
The Jane
35(4)
The Name Is Mine
39(3)
Pregnant in New York
42(4)
Nesting
46(4)
The Company of Women
50(4)
Putting Up a Good Front
54(4)
Blind Ambition
58(4)
Stretch Marks
62(7)
LOVING A MAN 69(18)
Husbands and Boyfriends
69(4)
Air-Conditioning
73(4)
"I Don't Like That Nightgown"
77(4)
Married
81(6)
BECOMING A MOTHER 87(18)
Understudy
87(4)
The Mother of Sons
91(4)
Tag Sale
95(4)
Mother's Day
99(6)
RAISING A CHILD 105(38)
The Birthday-Party Wars
105(4)
A Secret Life
109(4)
Baby Gear
113(4)
Hurt Feelings
117(4)
Sibling Rivalry
121(3)
Sesame Street
124(4)
The Second Child
128(4)
Gay
132(4)
Power
136(7)
FOOLING AROUND 143(34)
Gossip
143(4)
The Painters
147(4)
Hemlines
151(4)
Shop Like a Mom
155(4)
The Royal Wedding Pig-Out
159(4)
A Baseball Wimp
163(3)
Stuffing
166(4)
Silly
170(7)
KEEPING THE FAITH 177(16)
I Am a Catholic
177(4)
Nuns
181(5)
Keeping the Faith
186(7)
TAKING A STAND 193(38)
Feminist
193(4)
Dirty Book
197(4)
Homeless
201(4)
Condoms
205(4)
Some Thoughts About Abortion
209(4)
Getting Involved
213(4)
Sex Ed
217(3)
Execution
220(4)
Making News
224(7)
FACING THE WORST 231(18)
Heredity
231(4)
Mothers
235(3)
My Grandmother
238(4)
A Sick Friend
242(7)
GROWING UP 249
Good Girl, Bad Girl
249(3)
City Kid
252(3)
Melting Pot
255(4)
Tuning Forks
259(4)
Alone at Last
263(4)
Raised on Rock-and-Roll
267(4)
Christmas
271(4)
Monsters
275

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