Living Out Loud

by QUINDLEN, ANNA

• ISBN13: 9780449909126
• ISBN10: 0449909123
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1994-03-08
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

"A panopticon of life in this decade, sure to be valuable to future social historians She touches on life, love, home, family, work, men, women, children and issues large and small." CHICAGO TRIBUNE The voice is Anna Quindlen's. But we know the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonder expressed in all her columns, for most of us share them. With her NEW YORK TIMES-based column, "LIFE IN THE 30s," Anna Quindlen valued to national attention, and this wonderful collection shows why. As she proved in OBJECT LESSONS and THINKIN OUT LOUD, Anna Quindlen's views always fascinate.

Author Biography

Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of eight novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and Miller’s Valley. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a number one New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.

Table of Contents

IN THE BEGINNING	xv
LOOKING BACK	3	(28)
The Lightning Bugs Are Back	3	(3)
A Paul Girl	6	(4)
At the Beach	10	(3)
Reunion	13	(4)
Cats	17	(3)
Bookworm	20	(4)
Halloween	24	(7)
BEING A WOMAN	31	(38)
Women Are Just Better	31	(4)
The Jane	35	(4)
The Name Is Mine	39	(3)
Pregnant in New York	42	(4)
Nesting	46	(4)
The Company of Women	50	(4)
Putting Up a Good Front	54	(4)
Blind Ambition	58	(4)
Stretch Marks	62	(7)
LOVING A MAN	69	(18)
Husbands and Boyfriends	69	(4)
Air-Conditioning	73	(4)
"I Don't Like That Nightgown"	77	(4)
Married	81	(6)
BECOMING A MOTHER	87	(18)
Understudy	87	(4)
The Mother of Sons	91	(4)
Tag Sale	95	(4)
Mother's Day	99	(6)
RAISING A CHILD	105	(38)
The Birthday-Party Wars	105	(4)
A Secret Life	109	(4)
Baby Gear	113	(4)
Hurt Feelings	117	(4)
Sibling Rivalry	121	(3)
Sesame Street	124	(4)
The Second Child	128	(4)
Gay	132	(4)
Power	136	(7)
FOOLING AROUND	143	(34)
Gossip	143	(4)
The Painters	147	(4)
Hemlines	151	(4)
Shop Like a Mom	155	(4)
The Royal Wedding Pig-Out	159	(4)
A Baseball Wimp	163	(3)
Stuffing	166	(4)
Silly	170	(7)
KEEPING THE FAITH	177	(16)
I Am a Catholic	177	(4)
Nuns	181	(5)
Keeping the Faith	186	(7)
TAKING A STAND	193	(38)
Feminist	193	(4)
Dirty Book	197	(4)
Homeless	201	(4)
Condoms	205	(4)
Some Thoughts About Abortion	209	(4)
Getting Involved	213	(4)
Sex Ed	217	(3)
Execution	220	(4)
Making News	224	(7)
FACING THE WORST	231	(18)
Heredity	231	(4)
Mothers	235	(3)
My Grandmother	238	(4)
A Sick Friend	242	(7)
GROWING UP	249
Good Girl, Bad Girl	249	(3)
City Kid	252	(3)
Melting Pot	255	(4)
Tuning Forks	259	(4)
Alone at Last	263	(4)
Raised on Rock-and-Roll	267	(4)
Christmas	271	(4)
Monsters	275