{"product_id":"write-for-your-life-9780593229835","title":"Write for Your Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quindlen, Anna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593229835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Anna Quindlen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39728669327435,"sku":"9780593229835","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_3188c618-ecc8-4d19-83d3-d5c4fb157da3.jpg?v=1649169482","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/write-for-your-life-9780593229835","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}