Lots of candles, plenty of cake : [a memoir]

Summary: In this irresistible memoir, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead--and celebrating it all--as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400069347 (hc.)
ISBN: 1400069343 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 182 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Random House, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : life in the fifties -- pt. 1. The laboratory of life. Stuff ; Next of kin ; Girlfriends -- pt. 2. The wisdom of why. Generations ; Near miss ; Mirror, mirror ; Solitude -- pt. 3. The element of surprise. The little stories we tell ourselves ; Older ; Push ; Expectations -- pt. 4. The be-all and end-all. Faith ; Step aside ; Mortality ; To be continued.