Quindlen participates in LearnedLeague under the name "QuindlenA”. Black and Blue and Blessings were made into television movies in 19, respectively. It starred Meryl Streep, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the role. One True Thing was made into a feature film in 1998. She has written nine novels, several of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Much of her personal writing centers on her mother, who died from ovarian cancer, when Quindlen was 19 years old. Quindlen is known as a critic of what she perceives to be the fast-paced and increasingly materialistic nature of modern American life. In 1999, she joined Newsweek, writing a bi-weekly column until she announced her semi-retirement in the May 18, 2009, issue of the magazine.
Īnna Quindlen left journalism in 1995 to become a full-time novelist. Their sons Quindlen Krovatin and Christopher Krovatin are published authors, and daughter Maria is an actress, comedian and writer. She was married to New Jersey attorney Gerald Krovatin, whom she met while in college. Quindlen graduated in 1970 from South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick, New Jersey, and then attended Barnard College, from which she graduated in 1974. Her father was Irish American and her mother was Italian American.
This is a book of catharsis." - The Denver Post "Like a brush with mortality, One True Thing leaves the reader feeling grateful, wide awake, lucky to be alive." -Michael Chabon "We leave One True Thing stimulated and challenged, more thoughtful than when we began." - Los Angeles Times Later, when Ellen is accused of the mercy killing of her mother, she must not only defend her own life but make a difficult choice-either accept responsibility for an act she did not commit or divulge the name of the person she believes committed a painful act of love. Yet as Ellen begins to spend time with Kate, she discovers many surprising truths, not only about herself, but also about the woman she thought she knew so well. A high-powered career woman, Ellen has never felt she had much in common with her mother, a homemaker and the heart of their family. Ellen's father insists that she quit her job and return home to become a caregiver. painstakingly uncovering all the intensity, suspicion and primitive love that bonds mothers and daughters."- The Boston GlobeĮllen Gulden is enjoying her career as a successful magazine writer in New York City when she learns that her mother, Kate, is dying of cancer.
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