Act Like You're Having a Good Time: Essays - Couverture souple

Weldon, Michele

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810142945 ISBN 13 : 9780810142947

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 2020

Synopsis

In this honest and tender collection of essays, award-winning memoirist Michele Weldon asks what it means to be a mature woman seeking a life of purpose and meaning through work, family, and relationships. Facing ageism and invisibility within popular culture, Weldon examines the effects of raising children, striving for applause, failing expectations, forming new friendships, reconciling lost dreams, and restoring one's faith. With sincerity and humor, she unwraps family traditions, painting classes, lap swimming, and dress codes. She contemplates privilege and career disappointments. And she asks crucial questions of mortality, finding connection in writing and stories.

Frank, eloquent, and daring, Weldon dissects the intricacies of life, journeying toward self-discovery as a mother, daughter, sister, and friend. Readers of any age or gender will recognize the universal experience of learning to accept oneself and asking essential questions—even if there are no easy answers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MICHELE WELDON is the author of several books of nonfiction, including Escape Points, I Closed My Eyes: Revelations of a Battered Woman, and Writing to Save Your Life: How to Honor Your Story. She is an award-winning journalist who has written extensively for outlets including the Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. She is emerita faculty in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810142945
• ISBN 13: 9780810142947
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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