{"product_id":"write-for-your-life-anna-quindlen-9780593229835","title":"Write for Your Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from \"one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Anna Quindlen shows us how anyone can write, and why everyone should. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat really matters in life? What truly lasts in our hearts and minds? Where can we find community, history, humanity? In this lyrical new book, the answer is clear: through writing. This is a book for what Quindlen calls \"civilians,\" those who want to use the written word to become more human, more themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrite for Your Life \u003c\/i\u003eargues that there has never been a more important time to stop and record what we are thinking and feeling. Using examples from past, present, and future--from Anne Frank to Toni Morrison, from love letters written after World War II to journal reflections from nurses and doctors today--\u003ci\u003eWrite for Your Life \u003c\/i\u003evividly illuminates the ways in which writing connects us to ourselves and to those we cherish. Drawing on her personal experiences not just as a writer but as a mother and daughter, Quindlen makes the case that recording our daily lives in writing is essential. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen we write we not only look, we see; we not only react but reflect. Writing gives you something to hold onto in a changing world. \"To write the present,\" Quindlen says, \"is to believe in the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Quindlen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593229835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593229835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022 pg. 12","brand":"Anna Quindlen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053390360831,"sku":"9780593229835","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb89ce6a-eee4-427c-bc7d-061fbf4a3306.jpg?v=1685024075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/write-for-your-life-anna-quindlen-9780593229835","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}