{"product_id":"write-for-your-life-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Quindlen\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of many novels: \u003ci\u003eObject Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiller's Valley\u003c\/i\u003e. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eLots of Candles, Plenty of Cake\u003c\/i\u003e was a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. Her book \u003ci\u003eA Short Guide to a Happy Life\u003c\/i\u003e has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, \u003ci\u003eLiving Out Loud\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking Out Loud\u003c\/i\u003e. Her \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e columns were collected in \u003ci\u003eLoud and Clear\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614085419282,"sku":"9780593229835","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_36df1873-b6e4-4898-8688-84bcacf1e242.jpg?v=1732427376","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/write-for-your-life-9780593229835","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}