false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172821330m/221075.jpg 221075 2 A beautifully crafted and inviting account of one woman&#8217;s life, <b>Safekeeping</b> offers a sublimely different kind of autobiography. Setting aside a straightforward narrative in favor of brief passages of vivid prose, Abigail Thomas revisits the pivotal moments and the tiny incidents that have shaped her life: pregnancy at 18; single motherhood (of three!) by the age of 26; the joys and frustrations of three marriages; and the death of her second husband, who was her best friend. The stories made of these incidents are startling in their clarity and reassuring in their wisdom.<br><br>This is a book in which silence speaks as eloquently as what is revealed. Openhearted and effortlessly funny, these brilliantly selected glimpses of the arc of a life are, in an age of excessive confession and recrimination, a welcome tonic. 855499 2000 Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life total:144|5:65|4:43|3:29|2:6|1:1| 144 597 221 39 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 12:31:20 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 08:44:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 05:10:05 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 19:52:46 -0700 2009
At first, I would open it randomly and read one of the short vignettes, and it was like savoring a small but rich piece of cand...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 16 11:25:40 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 11:27:08 -0700 2008 about writing. Tuck this in your computer bag or travel case. It's ideal
for a dose of inspiration or reflection when you travel. ]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 08 04:26:31 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 04:26:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 28 07:28:28 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 21 10:06:07 -0700 2008 Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life as good airplane reading. When I first glanced through it, I admit, I groaned. The chapters are extremely short, the story jumps around with no chronological order, the viewpoint changes from third person to fi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:16:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:18:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 29 12:18:34 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 09:55:44 -0700 2008 3 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 26 16:28:51 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 16:31:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 16:37:42 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 07:14:34 -0700 2009 Beautiful.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Nov 26 10:56:26 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:59:59 -0800 2008 3 2 0 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 21:30:51 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 21:34:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 10:11:17 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 06:49:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 10:11:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 07:44:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 07:46:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 07:04:38 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 07:06:49 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:16:36 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:16:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 28 13:42:09 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 13:43:05 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Feb 15 23:19:25 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 15 17:33:02 -0700 2008
Anyway the book is a collection of very short chapters about Thomas’s life. I love the mosaic effect, and how it paints a picture (...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 04:45:58 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 05:20:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 03 12:23:30 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:23:43 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Feb 25 17:10:36 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 17:13:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=221075