A Life in Letters Ann Landers' Letters to Her Only Child

by Howard, Margo

• ISBN13: 9780446533157
• ISBN10: 0446533157
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-03
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

The world knew her as Ann Landers, but to her only child, Margo, Eppie Lederer was a cherished correspondent whose guidance and advice saw her through college, marriage, divorce, motherhood, and a journalistic career of her own. Although Eppie turned out 365 columns a year for decades, she found time to write to Margo wherever she was, sharing behind-the-scenes moments with the powerful and the famous, from Presidents Carter and Reagan to Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammad Ali, and Eppie's identical (and very competitive) twin sister, "Dear Abby." A moving portrait of a mother-daughter relationship, a revealing social history, and a compendium of timeless wisdom, A Life in Letters is a generous gift to us all, from Margo Howard and the funny, loving, singular woman who happened to be her mother. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Ann Landers was the most widely syndicated columnist in the world for forty-seven years Margo Howard is a journalist and the author of the "Dear Prudence" column for Slate.com. She was a syndicated columnist based at the Chicago Daily-News and has been a contributor to People, The New Republic, The Nation, TV Guide, and numerous other publications. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	xi
PART ONE: COLLEGE	1	(168)
SEPTEMBER 1958-NOVEMBER	1961
PART TWO: LETTERS FROM THE ROAD	169	(52)
MAY 1962-JANUARY	1976
PART THREE: CALIFORNIA	221	(358)
JUNE 1977-JULY	1990
PART FOUR: CAMBRIDGE	579
FEBRUARY 1991-MAY	2002