Loud and Clear, Anna Quindlen
Loud and Clear, Anna Quindlen
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Loud and Clear

Author: Anna Quindlen

Narrator: Anna Quindlen

Abridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/06/2004


Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winner Anna Quindlen offers wisdom, opinions, insights, and reflections about current events and modern life in this provocative and inspiring book.

“A tour de force for our time, [Loud and Clear] is equally as compelling as a look at public events as it is a reflection on being a woman and on motherhood.”—The Sunday Oklahoman

With her trademark insight and her special ability to convey the impact public events have on ordinary lives, Anna Quindlen here combines commentary on American society and the world at large with reflections on being a woman, a writer, and a mother.
 
In these pieces, first written for Newsweek and The New York Times, Loud and Clear takes on topics ranging from social change to raising children, from the political and emotional aftermath of September 11 to personal values, from the impact on individuals of global events to the growth that can be gained by spending summer days staring into the middle distance. Grounding the public in the private, connecting people to each other and to the greater world, Quindlen encourages us to develop authentic lives, even as she serves as a catalyst for political and social change.

About The Author

Anna Quindlen is the author of four novels–Blessings, Black and Blue, One True Thing, Object Lessons–and five nonfiction books: Loud and Clear, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud, and How Reading Changed My Life. She has also written two children’s books: The Tree That Came to Stay and Happily Ever After. Her New York Times column “Public and Private” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Her column now appears every other week in Newsweek.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 29, 2017

I adore Anna Quindlen. My favorite books are her compilations of columns, such as this one. (The only novel of hers I’ve thought was spectacular is Black and Blue.) She writes very well, thoughtfully and often with humor about everything personal, cultural, political, etc. in such a way that it’s ea......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on July 10, 2008

This was not what I expected. I picked the book up on a whim because Elder M. Russell Ballard quoted from her book in his recent talk "Daughters of God" and in Jane Clayson Johnson book "I am a Mother" she also references a quote from Quindlen. Boy was I surprised. I was expecting a book about life,......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on June 01, 2017

I do enjoy Quindlen's writing -- both commentary and fiction -- but while some of her commentary from the late 1990s and early 2000s were still on point, others were so dated that I returned this to the library after only 2 CD's worth because there is so much more to be read. So many books on my rese......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on September 20, 2022

This collection of Anna’s pieces from the late 90s early 00s pulled me back into the angst and struggles of the moment. I love her perspective.......more


Quotes

“The works that Quindlen has chosen to include here are frequently touching . . . often eloquent . . . but they all exemplify her gift as a writer—commenting on the little things in life in a way that speaks to many people.”Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“With deft writing, Anna Quindlen captures the societal blips that shape a culture.”The Miami Herald

“These razor-sharp musings will open avenues of debate and discussion long after the book is closed. Quindlen is at the top of her game when she turns her eagle eye on the tiny threads that make up the fiber of domestic life. . . . Quindlen’s columns speak for themselves, loud and clear.”Publishers Weekly

“She is a master of blending the personal and the political and finding the humanity in an often inhumane world. . . . The type of pundit you want to have whispering in your ear when you get into a philosophical discussion at a dinner party. She always comes up with cogent, reasoned arguments.”Tacoma News Tribune