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01682aam a2200265 i 4500 001 D557DBD8F83C11EC97B2B25526ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220630011908 007 r 008 211023s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2021039051 020 $a 0593229843 020 $a 9780593229842 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Quindlen, Anna. $t Write for your life. 245 1 $a Write for your life / $c Anna Quindlen. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House, $c 2022. 300 $a 1 online resource. 520 $a "Write for Your Life is a guide for those who don't, won't, or think they can't write, what Anna Quindlen calls "civilians." Using examples past, present and future--from Anne Frank to Toni Morrison to members of her own family--Quindlen makes vivid all the ways in which writing connects us, to ourselves and to those we cherish. From love letters written after World War II to journal reflections from nurses and doctors today, and using her personal experiences not just as a writer but as a mother and daughter, Quindlen makes the case that recording our daily lives in an enduring form is more important than ever. All of our histories, of current events and personal challenges, can be understood and passed down through the written word; "to write the present," Quindlen says, "is to believe in the future." Write for Your Life is a clarion call to pick up the pen, and find yourself"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20220401. 650 7 $a Authorship. 941 $a 1 952 $l WUPB305 $d 20220630020505.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D557DBD8F83C11EC97B2B25526ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search