anna quindlen

i'm LOVING the book author series that the junior league has put together along with the union club of chicago. together, they are able to bring in some great people. madeleine albright was a speaker! i was out of town last oct during her luncheon, but some of you might remember me writing about the lunch i went to where meg whitman spoke. in any case, on friday the 23rd, i got to go to a luncheon featuring anna quindlen.



i'll be totally honest. i had no idea what to really expect. i mean, i've seen her book (every last one) in all the important magazines...you know: US, people, entertainment weekly... but i'll admit i've never really read anything by her and she's a famous columnist... which frankly, i didn't know either. sarah mac, feel free to smack me at any point... i feel so unenlightened. anyways... since i enjoyed my last book author lunch and since i look for ways in which i can network, meet more league folks, and fill my days with something more substantial than the gym, i decided to go. and i was really happy i did!


for those of you in the dark like i was...

Anna Quindlen is the author of five previous bestselling novels (Rise and Shine, Blessings, Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue), and seven nonfiction books (A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Good Dog. Stay., Being Perfect, Loud & Clear, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud, and How Reading Changed My Life). Her New York Times column “Public and Private” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. From 2000-2009, She wrote the “Last Word” column for Newsweek.

she had a lot of inspirational things to say and i wish i could remember them all! she attended barnard and felt that a women's education was paramount in her success... to which when i met her, i had to agree! this time, luckily, i was less of a bumbling idiot than i was with meg whitman! i have just started her new book and it is an easy read, but i'm in to it so far!