From My Book Shelf - LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE

If I were an eloquent writer,

whose thoughts were focused, clear and sharp,

this is the book I would like to have written.

Pulitzer Prize winner, Anna Quindlen's,

LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE,

is a memoir written from her perspective

as a sixty year old woman.

(Perhaps that's one of the reasons it

resonates so well for me.)

In it she covers most of the big topics

in her/our lives:

relationships, family, career, balancing it all,

spirituality, faith and religion,

culture and

aging.

This book should be required reading for any woman,

midlife or older,

any young woman about to embark upon

career and/or her own family,

and finally all men,

to give them a real woman's perspective.

I "read" it as I often do using my

Walkman and the audio version,

read by Quindlen herself,

and it was excellent.

However, I was so touched by this book

I believe I'm going to have to buy it

in hardback, just to have a copy to dip

back into from time to time for its wisdom.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!

Other books you might like by Anna Quindlen:

BLESSINGS

BLACK AND BLUE

ONE TRUE THING