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NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourselffrom one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life The New York Times Book Review 1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen shows us how anyone can write and why everyone should
What 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
Write for Your Life argues 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 futurefrom Anne Frank to Toni Morrison from love letters written after World War II to journal reflections from nurses and doctors todayWrite for Your Life vividly illuminates the ways in which writing connects us to ourselves and to those we cherish Drawing on her personal experiences not just as awriter but as a mother and daughter Quindlen makes the case that recording our daily lives in writing is essential
When 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
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