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04681aam a2200577Ii 4500 001 4C5BD2A4AAE011EAB9A2E32697128E48 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 200512r20202019nyu 000 e eng c 020 $a 1982102810 020 $a 9781982102814 035 $a (OCoLC)1154013321 040 $a LJW $b eng $c LJW $d SILO 100 1 $a Philpott, Mary Laura, $e author. 245 10 $a I miss you when I blink : $b essays / $c Mary Laura Philpott. 250 $a First Atria paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Atria, $c 2020. 300 $a xvi, 276 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Mary Laura Philpott thought she'd cracked the code: Always be right, and you'll always be happy. But once she'd completed her life's to-do list (job, spouse, house, babies--check!), she found that instead of feeling content and successful, she felt anxious. Lost. Stuck in a daily grind of overflowing calendars, grueling small talk, and sprawling traffic. She'd done everything "right," but she felt all wrong. What's the worse failure, she wondered: smiling and staying the course, or blowing it all up and running away? And are those the only options? In this memoir-in-essays full of spot-on observations about home, work, and creative life, Philpott takes on the conflicting pressures of modern adulthood with wit and heart. She offers up her own stories to show that identity crises don't happen just once or only at midlife; reassures us that small, recurring personal re-inventions are both normal and necessary; and advises that if you're going to faint, you should get low to the ground first. Most of all, Philpott shows that when you stop feeling satisfied with your life, you don't have to burn it all down and set off on a transcontinental hike (unless you want to, of course). You can call upon your many selves to figure out who you are, who you're not, and where you belong. Who among us isn't trying to do that? Like a pep talk from a sister, I Miss You When I Blink is the funny, poignant, and deeply affecting book you'll want to share with all your friends, as you learn what Philpott has figured out along the way: that multiple things can be true of us at once--and that sometimes doing things wrong is the way to do life right"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a I miss you when I blink -- Everything to be happy about -- The perfect murder weapon -- Wonder Woman -- Lobsterman -- Mermaids and destiny -- Disappearing act -- P-O-I-S-O-N -- Good job -- This guy -- Welcome to the club -- The window -- Me real -- The ex-pat concept -- The pros and cons of joining the Ruby Committee -- Sports radio -- Rock you like a hurricane -- No safe place -- A letter to the extremely type-A person in distress -- Stuck in traffic -- Diane Von Furstenberg's apartment -- Nora Ephron and the lives of trees -- This is not my cat -- Ungrateful bitch -- Sloths on a waterbed -- And then the dog died -- Wish list -- The unaccountable weight of accountability -- Blind spot detection -- The joy of quitting -- I'm sorry, Mindy Kaling -- Try it again, more like you. 600 10 $a Philpott, Mary Laura. 650 0 $a Middle-aged women $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women authors, American $v Biography. 650 0 $a Television talk show hosts $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women $v Humor. 650 0 $a Adulthood $v Humor. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS $x Mid-Life. $x Mid-Life. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SELF-HELP $x Happiness. $x Happiness. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Middle-aged women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01020409 650 7 $a Television talk show hosts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01746466 650 7 $a Women authors, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177210 650 7 $a Women $x Humor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01426984 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Middle aged women $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Women authors $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Women $v Humor. $2 sears 650 7 $a Adulthood $v Humor. $2 sears 655 0 $a Essays. 655 4 $a Biographies. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919922 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Philpott, Mary Laura. $t I miss you when I blink. $d New York : Atria, [2019] $z 9781982102821 $w (DLC) 2018050689 941 $a 2 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20221008010613.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20200610030253.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C5BD2A4AAE011EAB9A2E32697128E48 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search