Accidentally on Purpose

by Pols, Mary F.

• ISBN13: 9780061256943
• ISBN10: 0061256943
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-12
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

At thirty-nine, movie critic Mary Pols knew she wanted to have a baby. But never-not in a million years-on her own. When she finds herself unexpec-tedly expecting, she plunges into the greatest adventure of her life. With humor, insight, and compelling honesty, Pols reveals what it means to compromise in the name of love and to find joy in an accidental life, suddenly brimming with purpose.

Author Biography

Mary F. Pols is a longtime movie critic and freelance journalist based in northern California. She has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Self, and Gourmet, and her film criticism appears regularly online at Msn and Time. A former Knight Fellow at Stanford, she is an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Then
The Trojan on the Floor	p. 3
The Magic Wand	p. 11
Where I Came From	p. 19
Chasing High Tides	p. 32
Telling the Grinch	p. 53
Living with Boys	p. 71
Trailer Life	p. 84
Playing House	p. 100
Arrivals	p. 117
A Gift Horse	p. 138
Reality Doesn't Bite	p. 149
Careers	p. 165
One Year From Then
The Red Cable-Knit Sweater	p. 183
Orphan Girl	p. 210
Lessons in the Impermanence of Things	p. 237
Epilogue: Now	p. 267
Acknowledgments	p. 271
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