"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
A superb love story from Anna Quindlen, the #1" New York Times"
bestselling author of" Rise and Shine, Blessings, "and" A Short
Guide to a Happy Life"
"Still Life with Bread Crumbs" begins with an imagined gunshot and
ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing
portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made her an
unlikely heroine for many women. Her career is now descendent, her
bank balance shaky, and she has fled the city for the middle of
nowhere. There she discovers, in a tree stand with a roofer named
Jim Bates, that what she sees through a camera lens is not all
there is to life.
Brilliantly written, powerfully observed, "Still Life with Bread
Crumbs" is a deeply moving and often very funny story of unexpected
love, and a stunningly crafted journey into the life of a woman,
her heart, her mind, her days, as she discovers that life is a
story with many levels, a story that is longer and more exciting
than she ever imagined.
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"There comes a moment in every novelist's career when she . . .
ventures into new territory, breaking free into a marriage of tone
and style, of plot and characterization, that's utterly her own.
Anna Quindlen's marvelous romantic comedy of manners is just such a
book. . . . Taken as a whole, Quindlen's writings represent a
generous and moving interrogation of women's experience across the
lines of class and race. . . . "Still Life with Bread Crumbs"]
proves all the more moving because of its light, sophisticated
humor. Quindlen's least overtly political novel, it packs perhaps
the most serious punch. . . . Quindlen has delivered a novel that
will have a staying power all its own."--"The New York Times Book
Review"
" Anna] Quindlen's seventh novel offers the literary equivalent of
comfort food. . . . She still has her finger firmly planted on the
pulse of her generation."--NPR
" The protagonist's] photographs are celebrated for turning the
'minutiae of women's lives into unforgettable images, ' and
Quindlen does the same here with her enveloping, sure-handed
storytelling."--"People"
"Charming . . . a hot cup of tea of a story, smooth and comforting
about the vulnerabilities of growing older . . . a pleasure."--"USA
Today"
" A] wise tale about second chances, starting over, and going after
what is most important in life."--Minneapolis "StarTribune"
"With spare, elegant prose, Quindlen] crafts a poignant glimpse
into the inner life of an aging woman who discovers that reality
contains much more color than her own celebrated black-and-white
images."--"Library Journal"
"Quindlen has always excelled at capturing telling details in a
story, and she does so again in this quiet, powerful novel, showing
the charged emotions that teem beneath the surface of daily
life."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Quindlen presents instantly recognizable characters who may be
appealingly warm and nonthreatening, but that only serves to drive
home her potent message that it's never too late to embrace life's
second chances."--"Booklist"
"Profound . . . engaging."--"Kirkus Reviews"
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