Telling

Combining the insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor a commentator on NPR''s All Things Considered takes us on a tour of the minefield of chance and circumstance that make up a life.. Winik''s voice is so true and clear and compassionate we''re happy to listen to any story she wants to tell.Los Angeles Times Book ReviewAlong the way she offers razor-sharp takes on everything from adolescence in suburban New Jersey (Yes I wanted to be a wild teenage rebel but I wanted to do it with my parents'' blessing) to hellish houseguests and bad-news boyfriends; from the joys of breastfeeding in public to the sometimes-salvation of motherhood.. Candid passionate and breathtakingly funny Marion Winik maintains an unshaken belief that following one''s heart is more important than following the rulesand a conviction that the secrets we try to hide often contain the deepest truths.. A born iconoclast an aspiring artiste a feminist vegetarian prodigal daughter from early youth I considered myself destined to lead a startling life far outside the bounds of convention. I would be famous dangerous brilliant and relentlessly cool: a sort of cross between Emma Goldman Jack Kerouac and Georgia O''Keeffe.... So where did this station wagon come from? from Telling