{"title":"Anna Quindlen","description":"Anna Quindlen is the author of many books, including the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Rise and Shine,  the #1 bestselling memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, A Short Guide to a Happy Life,  and the Oprah's Book Club selection Black and Blue. Her other novels include Blessings, One True Thing, Still Life with Bread Crumbs,  and After Annie.","products":[{"product_id":"more-than-enough-hardcover","title":"More Than Enough - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \"Quindlen is as observant and as wonderfully readable as ever, attuned to women's lives and the nuances of their voices.\"--Jennifer Weiner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with life--from the beloved #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Annie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo one knows you like your book club.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHigh school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they've become her closest friends and, along with her veterinarian husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVF--Polly's book club friends have heard about it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. It is clear to Polly that this match is a mistake, but still she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with Anna Quindlen's trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, \u003ci\u003eMore Than Enough\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101125251295,"sku":"9780593734605","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/OREqsYRurj9780593734605.webp?v=1781068306"},{"product_id":"after-annie-paperback","title":"After Annie - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \"Part of Quindlen's gift is that you don't just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (A Book of the Week Pick)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] quietly revelatory and gently gleaming gem of a book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Quindlen's trademark wisdom on family, friendship, and the ties that bind us are at the center of this novel about the power of love to transcend loss and triumph over adversity, by the author of \u003ci\u003eStill Life with Bread Crumbs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne True Thing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin of all their lives. Bill is overwhelmed without his beloved wife, and Annemarie wrestles with the bad habits her best friend had helped her overcome. And Ali, the eldest of Annie's children, has to grow up overnight, to care for her younger brothers and even her father and to puzzle out for herself many of the mysteries of adult life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of the next year what saves them all is Annie, ever-present in their minds, loving but not sentimental, caring but nobody's fool, a voice in their heads that is funny and sharp and remarkably clear. The power she has given to those who loved her is the power to go on without her. The lesson they learn is that no one beloved is ever truly gone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in Quindlen's emotionally resonant voice and with her deep and generous understanding of people, \u003ci\u003eAfter Annie \u003c\/i\u003eis about hope, and about the unexpected power of adversity to change us in profound and indelible ways.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101201240287,"sku":"9780593229828","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ivqyU7V7m9780593229828.webp?v=1781068457"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/anna-quindlen.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}