Quindlen Anna - Nanaville Adventures In Grandparenting - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: NEW YORK Times Bestseller The perfect gift for new parents and grandparents this Mother's Day: a bighearted book of wisdom wit and insight celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother from the Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and #1 bestselling author This tender book should be required reading for grandparents everywhere. Booklist (starred review) I am changing his diaper he is kicking and complaining his exhausted father has gone to the kitchen for a glass of water his exhausted mother is prone on the couch. He weighs little more than a large sack of flour and yet he has laid waste to the living room: swaddles on the chair a nursing pillow on the sofa a car seat a stroller. No one cares about order he is our order we revolve around him. And as I try to get in the creases of his thighs with a wipe I look at his let's be honest largely formless face and unfocused eyes and fall in love with him. Look at him and think well that's taken care of I will do anything for you as long as we both shall live world without end amen. Before blogs even existed Anna Quindlen became a go - to writer on the joys and challenges of family motherhood and modern life in her nationally syndicated column. Now she's taking the next step and going full nana in the pages of this lively beautiful and moving book about being a grandmother. Quindlen offers thoughtful and telling observations about her new role no longer mother and decision - maker but secondary character and support to the parents of her grandson. She writes Where I once led I have to learn to follow. Eventually a close friend provides words to live by: Did they ask you? Candid funny frank and illuminating Quindlen's singular voice has never been sharper or warmer. With the same insights she brought to motherhood in Living Out Loud and to growing older in Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake this new nana uses her own experiences to illuminate those of many others. Praise for Nanaville Witty and thoughtful Nanaville serves up enough vivid anecdotes and fresh insights about childhood about parenthood about grandparenthood and about life to make for a gratifying read. The New York Times Classic bittersweet Quindlen Her wonder at seeing her eldest child grow into his new role is lovely and moving . The best parts of Nanaville are the charming vignettes of Quindlen's solo time with her grandson. NPR
Title: Nanaville Adventures In Grandparenting
Author(s): Quindlen Anna
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780812985917
Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Date: 11/10/2020
Category: Advice On Parenting