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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (urspr publ 2012; utgåvan 2012)

av Anna Quindlen (Författare)

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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.
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Titel:Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Författare:Anna Quindlen (Författare)
Info:Random House (2012), Edition: 1St Edition, 182 pages
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir av Anna Quindlen (2012)

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Thank you, Anna. You have come through for me again. ( )
  maryelisa | Jan 16, 2024 |
Anna Quindlen, enough said! ( )
  schoenbc70 | Sep 2, 2023 |
Lots Of Candles Plenty Of Cake is an absolute gem of a book. The author, about to turn 60, puts together a collection of essays looking back at the lessons she's learned throughout the years. She sprinkles it liberally with appropriate quotes from various brilliant minds. The quotes are a nice touch, but not really necessary. Because frankly, Anna Quindlens's own observations are amongst the most brilliant in the book. Not to mention funny, touching, inspirational, and often downright moving. Congratulations to Anna Quidlen for a life well spent ! Can't wait for the "to be continued"... ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
Always candid and clear, Quindlen tackles the tough topics surrounding middle age, from parenting teens to facing the inevitability of death.

I don't always agree with her opinions, but I always enjoy reading about them. It's the closest you can get to an intellectual conversation grounded in reality with a close friend without the actual conversation or the friend.

A rare gem and a good one. Can't wait to see her tackle the next 20 years. ( )
  AngelaLam | Feb 8, 2022 |
I’m a 71-year-old male, so I wouldn’t say I’m among Quindlen’s intended audience when she wrote this book. That would most likely be female readers. I’m sure this book was very popular with book clubs since there is so much to discuss. So why did I listen to the audio book version (read by Quindlen herself)? I spent 40 years in a high school English classroom, and during the last years of my teaching I used Quindlen’s brilliant essay “A Quilt of a Country” in my ninth grade classes. The essay was one of Quindlen’s Newsweek columns and was written and published shortly after the attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the field in Pennsylvania. As a teacher of writing I’ve always enjoyed reading Quindlen, whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. And I enjoyed “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake” just as much as her other writing even though I don’t think she was writing to me. In fact, I’m not so sure Quindlen understands men all that well. And I don’t say that with any rancor; it’s just my impression after finishing this book. Additionally, as many Amazon reviews point out, it’s hard to view Quindlen as an “everywoman” considering where she came from (convent school) and where she went (Barnard College, and apartment in Manhattan, and a “country home”). So she doesn’t particularly represent the rest of us, but what she has to say about life is valuable to just about any reader. And her comments on family and the raising of her own children are certainly worth the price of admission. So, overall, I enjoyed “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake” even if Quindlen had a completely different reader in mind when she wrote the book of essays. ( )
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Suddenly sixty, Quindlen finds herself looking back on her life. She's not so much wondering how she got where she is but, rather, considering how the choices she made and the chances she took along the way have prepared her for the road ahead. What even to call this next stage in a woman's life? Not elderly, certainly, yet definitely no longer young, this middle-aged morass can be hard to navigate. Friendships fade, fashions flummox, the body wimps out, and the mind has a mind of its own. One can either fight it or face it. In her own unmistakably reasonable way, Quindlen manages to do both, with grace and agility, wisdom and wit, sending out comforting affirmations while ardently confronting preconceived stereotypes and societal demands.
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But at this stage in my life, I'm not interested in being with people who don't have my back.
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Life is haphazard. We plan, and then we deal when the plans go awry. Control is an illusion; best intentions are the best we can do.
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I want to be able to walk through the house of my own life until my life is done. I want to hold on to who and what I have been even as both become somehow inevitably less.
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