Meredith Maran
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60-in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life's savings, and the collapse of her once-happy marriage, Meredith Maran leaves her San Francisco freelance writer's life for a 9-to-5 job in Los Angeles. Determined to rebuild not only her savings but herself while relishing...
2) Class dismissed: a year in the life of an American high school, a glimpse into the heart of a nation
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
This gripping story -a year in the lives of three high school seniors and their school-takes us deep into the hearts and minds of American teenagers, and American society, today.
The seniors of Berkeley High are the white, black, Latino, Asian, and multiracial children of judges and carpenters, software consultants and garbage collectors, housewives and housekeepers. Some are Harvard bound; others are illiterate. They are the Class of 2000, and through...
Author
Publisher
HarperSan Francisco
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Venturing into uncharted territory, mother and award-winning journalist Meredith Maran takes us inside teenagers' hearts, minds, and central nervous systems to explore the causes and consequences of our nation's drug crisis. In these pages we get to know the kids, the parents, the therapists, and the drug treatment programs at their best and worst. We're face-to-face with seventeen-year-old Mike, whose life revolves around selling, smoking, and snorting...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Journalist Meredith Maran lived a daughter's nightmare: she accused her father of sexual abuse, then realized, nearly too late, that he was innocent. During the 1980s and 1990s, tens of thousands of Americans became convinced that they had repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse, and then, decades later, recovered those memories in therapy. Maran was one of them. Her accusation and estrangement from her father divided her family into those who...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
From the day they founded Ben & Jerry's in 1978, through the twists and turns of building what is now a $160 million international company, Ben and Jerry have been as committed to turning business into a tool for social change as they've been to turning premium ingredients into great ice cream. In Ben & Jerry's Double-Dip, Ben and Jerry recount - with the irreverent humor and unfettered imagination that brought us such memorable flavors as "Cherry...
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Everything an aspiring memoirist needs to know, in one readable volume, a follow-up to the acclaimed writers' handbook Why We Write For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves--bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists--this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. Twenty of America's bestselling memoirists share their innermost thoughts and hard-earned tips with veteran author...