Thursday, May 19, 2022

Two books from the library ~ by Anna Quindlen

How Reading Changed My Life ~ by Anna Quindlen, 1998, memoir, 96 pages

From the Inside Flap — THE LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT is a groundbreaking series where America's finest writers and most brilliant minds tackle today's most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues. Striking and daring, creative and important, these original voices on matters political, social, economic, and cultural, will enlighten, comfort, entertain, enrage, and ignite healthy debate across the country.

I like this quote from Anna Quindlen, who is one of my favorite authors.  I like reading her books so much that I disregarded my own intent to "read books from my own shelves" for awhile — and requested How Reading Changed My Life from my library, because it was mentioned in something I was reading.  While I was at it, I went ahead and reserved another of her books.  So here's my second "library loot" of the day:

Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting ~ by Anna Quindlen, 2019, memoir, 175 pages

I like a comment someone left online about this book:  "She [Quindlen] is able to zoom in on the wonder of her first grandchild, while also zooming out to see him — and herself — as part of a family chain that stretches forward and backward."  The two commandments for being a grandparent, according to Anna Quindlen, are to love your grandchild and keep your mouth shut.  That sounds about right to me.

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