# Write for Your Life - Hardcover

by **Anna Quindlen** (Author)

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from "one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life" (_The New York Times Book Review_), #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author Anna Quindlen shows us how anyone can write, and why everyone should.  
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What 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.

_Write for Your Life_ argues 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--_Write for Your Life_ vividly 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.

When 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."

### Author Biography

**Anna Quindlen** is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of many novels: _Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs,_ and _Miller's Valley_. Her memoir _Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake_ was a #1 _New York Times_ bestseller. Her book _A Short Guide to a Happy Life_ has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at _The New York Times_ she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, _Living Out Loud_ and _Thinking Out Loud_. Her _Newsweek_ columns were collected in _Loud and Clear_.

**Number of Pages:** 240

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 7.6 x 5.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** April 12, 2022

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