Telling: Confessions, Concessions, and Other Flashes of Light (Signed By Author)

Winik, Marion

ISBN 10: 0679428593 / ISBN 13: 9780679428596

Published by Villard, u.s.a, 1994

About this Item

HB DJ 1st Ed. 2nd Printing. Signed by author. DJ not clipped. Red paper on boards cover, silver titles front. Red cloth spine and seams. Silver titles spine. 20.8 x 14cm. 214 pages. The author has signed on the half title page in black ink and dated it 7 June 94 Wimberley. Condition: the book appears unused. VG. condition.

Seller Inventory # 00100

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Telling: Confessions, Concessions, and Other Flashes of Light (Signed By Author)
• Publisher: Villard, u.s.a
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679428593
• ISBN 13: 9780679428596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: N/A
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 2.54W x 20.32H x 13.97D centimeters 2.54 centimeters width by 20.32 centimeters height by 13.97 centimeters depth
• Weight: 318 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Auto/Biography
  • Signed Books
  • Humour

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Synopsis

Combining the insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor, Marion Winik has captivated thousands of listeners on NPR's All Things Considered. Now, in Telling, she takes us on a journey both personal and universal, a tour of the minefield of chance and circumstance that make up a life. Along the way, she offers razor-sharp takes on everything from adolescence in suburban New Jersey ("Yes, I wanted to be a wild teenage rebel, but I wanted to do it with my parents' blessing") to hellish houseguests and bad-news boyfriends; from the joys of breastfeeding in public to the sometimes-salvation of motherhood.

Candid, passionate, and breathtakingly funny, Marion Winik maintains an unshaken belief that following one's heart is more important than following the rules -- and a conviction that the secrets we try to hide often contain the deepest truths.

"A born iconoclast, an aspiring artiste, a feminist vegetarian prodigal daughter, from early youth I considered myself destined to lead a startling life far outside the bounds of convention. I would be famous, dangerous, brilliant and relentlessly cool: a sort of cross between Emma Goldman, Jack Kerouac, and Georgia O'Keeffe.... So where did this station wagon come from?" -- from Telling


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e insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor, Marion Winik has captivated thousands of listeners on NPR's All Things Considered. Now, in Telling, she takes us on a journey both personal and universal, a tour of the minefield of chance and circumstance that make up a life. Along the way, she offers razor-sharp takes on everything from adolescence in suburban New Jersey ("Yes, I wanted to be a wild teenage rebel, but I wanted to do it with my parents' blessing") to hellish houseguests and bad-news boyfriends; from the joys of breastfeeding in public to the sometimes-salvation of motherhood.<br><br>Candid, passionate, and breathtakingly funny, Marion Winik maintains an unshaken belief that following one's heart is more important than following the rules -- and a conviction that the secrets we try to hide often contain the deepest truths.<br><br>"A born iconoclast, an aspiring artiste, a feminist vegetarian pr