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 staying power all its own."--The New
York Times Book Review**
"[A] wise tale about second chances, starting over, and going after
what is most important in life."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Quindlen's astute observations . . . are the sorts of details every
writer and reader lives for."--Chicago Tribune
"[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
"Enchanting . . . [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
"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
