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by Anna Quindlen (Author)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - " Anna Quindlen] writes passionately . . . painstakingly uncovering all the intensity, suspicion and primitive love that bonds mothers and daughters."--The Boston Globe
Ellen Gulden is enjoying her career as a successful magazine writer in New York City when she learns that her mother, Kate, is dying of cancer. Ellen's father insists that she quit her job and return home to become a caregiver. A high-powered career woman, Ellen has never felt she had much in common with her mother, a homemaker and the heart of their family. Yet as Ellen begins to spend time with Kate, she discovers many surprising truths, not only about herself, but also about the woman she thought she knew so well.
"A triumph."--San Francisco Chronicle
"We leave One True Thing stimulated and challenged, more thoughtful than when we began."--Los Angeles Times
"Like a brush with mortality, One True Thing leaves the reader feeling grateful, wide awake, lucky to be alive."--Michael Chabon
"It calls you back for another read. . . . This is a book of catharsis."--The Denver Post
"Fiercely compassionate and frank." --Elle
Front Jacket
A mother. A daughter. A shattering choice.
From Anna Quindlen, bestselling author of "Black and Blue, comes a novel of life, love and everyday acts of mercy.
"A triumph."
"--San Francisco Chronicle
"From the Paperback edition.
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 eight 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, published in 2012, was a number one 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.
