Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen
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- ISBN: 0375505490
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Pub. Date: April 2005
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Comments from the Seller: 2005 Hard cover Illustrated. Good in good dust jacket. A moderate amount of wear on Cover and interior pages. (W2) Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Synopsis
A few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true that it changes you forever. That is what Anna Quindlen, author of the timeless bestseller A Short Guide to a Happy Life, does here.
In Being Perfect, she shares wisdom that, perhaps without knowing it, you have longed to hear: about “the perfection trap,” the price you pay when you become ensnared in it, and the key to setting yourself free. Quindlen believes that when your success looks good to the world but doesn’t feel good in your heart, it isn’t success at all.
She asks you to set aside your friends’ advice, what your family and co-workers demand, and what society expects, and look at the choices you make every day. When you ask yourself why you are making them, Quindlen encourages you to give this answer: For me. “Because they are what I want, or wish for. Because they reflect who and what I am. . . . That way lies dancing to the melodies spun out by your own heart.”
At the core of this beautiful book lies the secret of authentic success, the inspiration to embrace your own uniqueness and live the life that is undeniably your own, rich in fulfillment and meaning.
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A brief meditation on resisting the desire to be so perfect. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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ANNA QUINDLEN is the author of four novels–Blessings, Black and Blue, One True Thing, Object Lessons–and five nonfiction books: Loud and Clear, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud, and How Reading Changed My Life. She has also written two children’s books: The Tree That Came to Stay and Happily Ever After. Her New York Times column “Public and Private” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Her column now appears every other week in Newsweek.
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06/10/2007: This book was such a relief to me in two ways. The first was, I don't like to much reading from one book, and big words. It was short and simple.And A book a younger person can read and get inspired. the second is, all of the struggles I've experienced, Ms. Anna Quindlen nailed it for me and simplified it without so much of The recommended work to apply, like in most other self help books, which is less overwhelming. Thanks a million Anna.
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05/26/2005: Perhaps had I read this book earlier in my life, I would not have laughed and cried with relief when reading this little gem. But at 58 I'm finally choosing to do what I love and I am blesssed to make a positive difference in the lives of many. The very last idea around falling into your core and finding a black hole after a deep loss had me weeping in recognition and gratitude. When my 35 year old son died two years ago, I gave his eulogy from the strength of my core honed by his presence in my life. Another gift from Quindlen - thank you!
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