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The Good Enough Mother Biographical Random House's official author site for Anna Quindlen is here. Read about the author's life on the "About" page and her works on the "Bookshelf"; the home page features her most recent book.http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/annaquindlen/about.htmQuindlen has been a contributing editor and columnist for Newsweek since 1999. Click here to read her bio on the magazine's site. http://www.newsweek.com/id/32271PBS features this bio of Quindlen and excerpts from an interview with her; among other topics, the writer talks about being a woman in New York City and what makes a good New York politician. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/series/interview/quindlen.htmlCultural This article from MedGenMed, "Medicine and Motherhood: Doing It All," considers the specific challenges faced by women who want to pursue a career as a doctor and have a family. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1785169On the New York Times' Graduates Blog, George Washington University student Juliet Moser offers this letter to her mother, thanking her – in the midst of the mommy wars – for working hard to be both a career woman and a good mom. Moser and her friends have been talking a lot lately, she reveals, about the different (lightning-rod) decisions women make to work or stay at home with the kids. Have you had conversations about this topic with your family or friends? http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/a-letter-to-my-mother/Bibliographical Read an excerpt from Quindlen's novel Rise and Shine at B&N.com; the book is about the relationship between two sisters--a successful talk show host and a social worker in the Bronx. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Rise-and-Shine/Anna-Quindlen/e/9780641908996/?itm=7#EXCThis site by a dedicated Quindlen fan provides links to the writer's Newsweek columns and other articles. Click around on the site to see photographs of Quindlen and read about her books. http://www.annaquindlen.com/newsweek.htmlSeveral years ago, Quindlen delivered the commencement address at Mount Holoyoke College. You can read her speech here on the college's website. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/oped/Quindlen.shtml |