Telling: Confessions Concessions and Other Flashes of Light

Combining the insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor Marion Winik has captivated thousands of listeners on NPRs All Things Considered. Now in Telling she takes us on a journey both personal and universal a tour of the minefield of chance and circumstance that make up a life. Along 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 ones heart is more important than following the rules -- and 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 OKeeffe.... So where did this station wagon come from? -- from Telling