Telling
Author: Winik, Marion
ISBN: 9780679755227
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Mar 1995
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Combining the insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor, a commentator on NPR's i>All Things Considered/i> takes us on a tour of the minefield of chance and circumstance that make up a life.br>br>"Winik's voice is so true and clear and compassionate, we're happy to listen to any story she wants to tell."-i>Los Angeles Times Book Review/i>br>/b>br>Along the way, she offers razor-sharp takes on everything from adolescence in suburban New Jersey ("Yes, I wanted to be a wild teenage rebel, but I wanted to do it with my parents' blessing") to hellish houseguests and bad-news boyfriends; from the joys of breastfeeding in public to the sometimes-salvation of motherhood.br>br>Candid, passionate, and breathtakingly funny, Marion Winik maintains an unshaken belief that following one's heart is more important than following the rules-and a conviction that the secrets we try to hide often contain the deepest truths.br>br>"A born iconoclast, an aspiring artiste, a feminist vegetarian prodigal daughter, from early youth I considered myself destined to lead a startling life far outside the bounds of convention. I would be famous, dangerous, brilliant and relentlessly cool- a sort of cross between Emma Goldman, Jack Kerouac, and Georgia O'Keeffe.... So where did this station wagon come from?" -from i>Telling/i>
ISBN: 9780679755227
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Mar 1995
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Combining the insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor, a commentator on NPR's i>All Things Considered/i> takes us on a tour of the minefield of chance and circumstance that make up a life.br>br>"Winik's voice is so true and clear and compassionate, we're happy to listen to any story she wants to tell."-i>Los Angeles Times Book Review/i>br>/b>br>Along the way, she offers razor-sharp takes on everything from adolescence in suburban New Jersey ("Yes, I wanted to be a wild teenage rebel, but I wanted to do it with my parents' blessing") to hellish houseguests and bad-news boyfriends; from the joys of breastfeeding in public to the sometimes-salvation of motherhood.br>br>Candid, passionate, and breathtakingly funny, Marion Winik maintains an unshaken belief that following one's heart is more important than following the rules-and a conviction that the secrets we try to hide often contain the deepest truths.br>br>"A born iconoclast, an aspiring artiste, a feminist vegetarian prodigal daughter, from early youth I considered myself destined to lead a startling life far outside the bounds of convention. I would be famous, dangerous, brilliant and relentlessly cool- a sort of cross between Emma Goldman, Jack Kerouac, and Georgia O'Keeffe.... So where did this station wagon come from?" -from i>Telling/i>
