Living Out Loud [Mass Market Paperback]

Anna Quindlen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 1989

"A books that brings a most refreshing message home with substance as well as style...Quindlen integrates memories of her childhood and observations of adulthood in such a way that make her just the sort of friend you wish you'd kept in touch with."
BOSTON HERALD
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. Now you can enjoy "Life in the 30's" anytime with the wonderful collection of essays and opinions in this volume. Other collections include OBJECT LESSONS and THINKING OUT LOUD.
"A reporter by training, a storyteller at heart, her writing is personal, humorous, and thought-provoking."
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"In this collection of syndicated columns, based in the New York Times and called 'Life in the 30s,' Quindlen gives ample evidence of why her reflections about herself, the progress of her life and feelings, resonate in a large readership," observed PW . "There is universal appeal in her experiences of the contemporary world, which she covers with elan and insight."
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

From "I Am a Catholic" to "I Don't Like That Nightgown," this collection of Quindlen's "Life in the 30s" columns from the New York Times is a very personal book. More than 60 columns offer a "thirty-somethingesque" view of life and portray Quindlen in her various roles. If readers occasionally flinch at the private subject matter, they must also applaud Quindlen's writing style and journalistic grace. (On Nautilus equipment: "It . . . bears such a remarkable resemblance to a delivery room apparatus that every time I get into it I think someone is going to yell 'push!' and I will have another baby.") Quindlen is expecting her third child this year, and, as she plans to take a break from writing, this collection is all the more important. Jo Cates, Poynter Inst. for Media Studies Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Ivy Books; 1st Ballantine Books Ed, November 1989 edition (September 30, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804105278
• ISBN-13: 978-0804105279
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #991,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anna Quindlen is the author of three bestselling novels, Object Lessons, One True Thing and Black and Blue, and three non-fiction books, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud and A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Her New York Times column 'Public and Private' won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. She is currently a columnist for Newsweek and lives with her husband and children in New York.

Customer Reviews

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh Out Loud funny, January 4, 1999

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This review is from: Living Out Loud (Mass Market Paperback)

(Just because Anna Quindlen is my literary hero doesn't mean I'm biased.) Living Out Loud is an exemplary collection of heartfelt, hilarious and beautifully written columns. For folks like me who had no idea "Life in the 30s" was being published on a regular basis in the NY Times, this collection is a Godsend. A must-read for Quindlen fans, for women of all ages, and for anyone who appreciates a fantastic writer.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the bunch, September 28, 2004

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This is my favorite collection of Anna Quindlen--and I've read them all. I particularly liked the lifestyle pieces, her sensitivity and humanity and found myself saying OUT LOUD, "Yes, Anna! I understand."

You can keep this one with you and pick it up and put it down at will.

I particularly liked the piece, "Pregnant in New York," (a tough place to be pregnant--where ISN'T a tough place to be pregnant?) Also, "The Second Child." There are so many!

A big fan, I recommend all her collections.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and easily identifiable, December 13, 2001

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K. Foster Seabolt "Author: "Life Out Loud... (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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Anna Quindlen articulates what so many of us are living in a manner that makes us think "Yes! THAT'S it!"

Perhaps she is living a more "affluent" life than many (most?) of her readers, but she doesn't dwell or rub our faces in it. Instead, she takes parenting, personality, work, marriage, and society at large and melds her experiences into the experiences of us all. She is both witty, and sentimental, and often just plain makes a reader think.

Perhaps as a writer, mother, spouse, and 30-something myself I feel an affinity for Ms. Quindlen that other readers would not. However, her fan base and following tell me I'm not alone. It's wonderful to have a collection of Quindlen handy for when we need to revisit facts and feelings of life in our world today.