I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
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- Synopsis
- NATIONAL BESTSELLER A charmingly relatable and wise memoir-in-essays by acclaimed writer and bookseller Mary Laura Philpott, &“the modern day reincarnation of…Nora Ephron, Erma Bombeck, Jean Kerr, and Laurie Colwin—all rolled into one&” (The Washington Post), about what happened after she checked off all the boxes on a successful life&’s to-do list and realized she might need to reinvent the list—and herself. Mary Laura Philpott thought she&’d cracked the code: Always be right, and you&’ll always be happy. But once she&’d completed her life&’s to-do list (job, spouse, house, babies—check!), she found that instead of feeling content and successful, she felt anxious. Lost. Stuck in a daily grind of overflowing calendars, grueling small talk, and sprawling traffic. She&’d done everything &“right&” but still felt all wrong. What&’s the worse failure, she wondered: smiling and staying the course, or blowing it all up and running away? And are those the only options? Taking on the conflicting pressures of modern adulthood, Philpott provides a &“frank and funny look at what happens when, in the midst of a tidy life, there occur impossible-to-ignore tugs toward creativity, meaning, and the possibility of something more&” (Southern Living). She offers up her own stories to show that identity crises don&’t happen just once or only at midlife and reassures us that small, recurring personal re-inventions are both normal and necessary. Most of all, in this &“warm embrace of a life lived imperfectly&” (Esquire), Philpott shows that when you stop feeling satisfied with your life, you don&’t have to burn it all down. You can call upon your many selves to figure out who you are, who you&’re not, and where you belong. Who among us isn&’t trying to do that? &“Be forewarned that you&’ll laugh out loud and cry, probably in the same essay. Philpott has a wonderful way of finding humor, even in darker moments. This is a book you&’ll want to buy for yourself and every other woman you know&” (Real Simple).
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 288 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781982102821
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781982102807, 9781982102814
- Publisher:
- Atria Books
- Date of Addition:
- 01/24/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Mary Laura Philpott
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Self-Help, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.