Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

New York : Random House, 2012.

Format: Ebook

Description: 1 online resource

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.

Contents: Introduction : life in the fifties -- pt. 1. The laboratory of life. Stuff ; Next of kin ; Girlfriends -- pt. 2. The wisdom of why. Generations ; Near miss ; Mirror, mirror ; Solitude -- pt. 3. The element of surprise. The little stories we tell ourselves ; Older ; Push ; Expectations -- pt. 4. The be-all and end-all. Faith ; Step aside ; Mortality ; To be continued.

Subjects:
Quindlen, Anna.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Women -- United States -- Biography
Parenting -- United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood.

ISBN: 9780679604006 (electronic bk.)