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Lots of candles, plenty of cake : [a memoir] / Anna Quindlen.
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- ISBN: 9781400069347 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1400069343 (hardback)
- Physical Description: xiii, 182 p. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2012.
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| General Note: | Subtitle from book jacket cover. |
| Summary, etc.: | In this irresistible memoir, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead--and celebrating it all--as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more. |
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| Subject: | Quindlen, Anna. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Women > United States > Biography. Parenting > United States. |
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Table of Contents
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction: Life in the Fifties | p. ix | |
| Part I | The Laboratory of Life | p. 1 |
| Stuff | p. 5 | |
| Next of Kin | p. 16 | |
| Girlfriends | p. 27 | |
| Part II | The Wisdom of Why | p. 39 |
| Generations | p. 43 | |
| Near Miss | p. 56 | |
| Mirror, Mirror | p. 65 | |
| Solitude | p. 74 | |
| Part III | The Element of Surprise | p. 85 |
| The Little Stories We Tell Ourselves | p. 89 | |
| Older | p. 100 | |
| Push | p. 112 | |
| Expectations | p. 125 | |
| Part IV | The Be-All and End-All | p. 137 |
| Faith | p. 141 | |
| Step Aside | p. 151 | |
| Mortality | p. 161 | |
| To Be Continued | p. 172 |
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