A big-hearted book of wisdom, insight, and wit celebrating the joys of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and #1 New York Times bestselling author.
Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of nine novels- Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Miller's Valley, and Alternate Side. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, 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.
“In Nanaville, Quindlen shares her honest and funny
experiences with maneuvering through new territory as she learns
the importance of stepping back, allowing Arthur’s parents to take
the lead and carving a new role for herself.”—Time
“Grandparenting is new territory for this bestselling novelist and
beloved former columnist, and as always in her warmly candid
nonfiction, Quindlen voices concerns and celebrates high points
with sensitivity and insight. As her life fills with unbreakable
dishes, scattered Legos, and bite-sized treats, Quindlen savors a
shared book, a held hand, a child’s laugh, and a relationship built
on mutual love and respect. This tender book should be required
reading for grandparents everywhere. . . . Quindlen has established
a close rapport with readers as she shares her life experiences,
and her latest will thrill loyal fans and draw a new
audience.”—Booklist (starred review)
“In this wise and endearing book, former New York
Times columnist Quindlen . . . addresses the subject of
grandparenting, sharing her own experiences and advice. . . . The
book is filled with Quindlen’s playful sense of humor (if her baby
daughter had wanted to sleep upside down “like a bat,” she would
have let her), along with thoughtful reflections on how parenting
and grandparenting have changed (for instance, fathers are more
involved, there’s a lot more baby gear to buy, and more people are
living long enough to become grandparents). This heartfelt and
delightful work will especially appeal to readers already living
within their own versions of Nanaville.”—Publishers
Weekly
“A first-time grandmother discovers joy and self-knowledge in her
new role. Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, columnist, and memoirist
Quindlen . . . celebrates the gift of being a grandmother: a new
experience, she writes, that gives her ‘a second chance, to see, to
be, to understand the world, to look at it and reimagine my place
in it, to feel as though I've made a mark.’ Besides reporting sweet
anecdotes about her toddler grandson, the author reflects on her
changing relationship with her son and daughter-in-law, an
inevitable shift from being central in the lives of her children to
a ‘peripheral place’ in a new family dynamic. . . .The author was
sixty-four when her grandson was born; her grandmother was
forty-seven when she had her first grandchild, yet grandparents
seemed so much older then: ‘Our grandmothers were pre-gym,
pre-Botox, pre–skinny jeans.’ They never kissed, hugged, or
praised; they would never have gotten down on the floor to play
with their dozens of grandchildren. . . . The author imparts
sensible advice with self-deprecating humor and sincere gratitude
for the bounty of her life. A warmhearted memoir sure to appeal to
other new grandmothers—and Quindlen’s many fans.”—Kirkus Reviews
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