Lauren Slater is a psychologist and writer. She is the author of several books, including Blue Dreams- The Science and the Story of the Drugs That Changed Our Lives, The $60,000 Dog- My Life with Animals, Playing House- Notes of a Reluctant Mother, Welcome to My Country, and Opening Skinner's Box- Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. Slater lives in Harvard, Massachusetts.
Lauren Slater is a psychologist and writer. She is the author of several books, including Blue Dreams- The Science and the Story of the Drugs That Changed Our Lives, The $60,000 Dog- My Life with Animals, Playing House- Notes of a Reluctant Mother, Welcome to My Country, and Opening Skinner?s Box- Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. Slater lives in Harvard, Massachusetts.
“A fiercely, lyrically honest memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews
“An extraordinary essay collection.. Her sheer bravado and
willingness to lay every aspect of her personal life bare is a
hallmark of her writing style, and it’s on full display in each of
these pieces….A brilliant example of the resonant power of “women’s
writing,” Slater’s emotional revelations will strike chords in
readers unable to turn away from these difficult but sincere
domestic truths. Slater’s candid collection has huge book-group
appeal.” —Booklist
“…throughout these 18 essays, most of which map the difficult
territory of family, sex, and aging, Slater’s voice is
aggressively, even unsettlingly, candid.” —Boston Globe
“Slater weaves together a series of essays demonstrating that even
the unprepared and initially unwilling may create a family life
that does not go up in flames (except when fire actually does break
out, in which case a redemptive moment can be seized). A marked
lack of vanity permeates the author’s intensely personal yet
universally resonant pieces, which cover everything from the
indignities of a makeover to a wrenching decision to have an
abortion.” —Library Journal, Best Books of 2013: Memoir
“The beauty of Lauren Slater’s prose is shocking. . . . Slater’s
vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility.”—Claire
Messud, Newsday
“Slater’s own zigzagging from devotion to resentment (and back)
gives these essays their power. Who hasn’t felt the competing and
incompatible yearnings to be a domestic goddess and at the same
time an independent and self-fulfilled individual, free from the
endless demands of children?”—Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe
"A fiercely, lyrically honest memoir." --Kirkus Reviews
"An extraordinary essay collection.. Her sheer bravado and
willingness to lay every aspect of her personal life bare is a
hallmark of her writing style, and it's on full display in each of
these pieces....A brilliant example of the resonant power of
"women's writing," Slater's emotional revelations will strike
chords in readers unable to turn away from these difficult but
sincere domestic truths. Slater's candid collection has huge
book-group appeal." --Booklist
..".throughout these 18 essays, most of which map the difficult
territory of family, sex, and aging, Slater's voice is
aggressively, even unsettlingly, candid." --Boston Globe
"Slater weaves together a series of essays demonstrating that even the unprepared and initially unwilling may create a family life that does not go up in flames (except when fire actually does break out, in which case a redemptive moment can be seized). A marked lack of vanity permeates the author's intensely personal yet universally resonant pieces, which cover everything from the indignities of a makeover to a wrenching decision to have an abortion." --Library Journal, Best Books of 2013: Memoir
"The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."--Claire Messud, Newsday
"Slater's own zigzagging from devotion to resentment (and back) gives these essays their power. Who hasn't felt the competing and incompatible yearnings to be a domestic goddess and at the same time an independent and self-fulfilled individual, free from the endless demands of children?"--Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe
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