Loud and Clear

By: Anna Quindlen

Narrated by: Anna Quindlen

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winner Anna Quindlen offers wisdom, opinions, insights, and reflections about current events and modern life in this provocative and inspiring book.

“A tour de force for our time, [Loud and Clear] is equally as compelling as a look at public events as it is a reflection on being a woman and on motherhood.”—The Sunday Oklahoman

With her trademark insight and her special ability to convey the impact public events have on ordinary lives, Anna Quindlen here combines commentary on American society and the world at large with reflections on being a woman, a writer, and a mother.

In these pieces, first written for Newsweek and The New York Times, Loud and Clear takes on topics ranging from social change to raising children, from the political and emotional aftermath of September 11 to personal values, from the impact on individuals of global events to the growth that can be gained by spending summer days staring into the middle distance. Grounding the public in the private, connecting people to each other and to the greater world, Quindlen encourages us to develop authentic lives, even as she serves as a catalyst for political and social change.©2004 Anna Quindlen; (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

“The works that Quindlen has chosen to include here are frequently touching . . . often eloquent . . . but they all exemplify her gift as a writer—commenting on the little things in life in a way that speaks to many people.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“With deft writing, Anna Quindlen captures the societal blips that shape a culture.”—The Miami Herald

“These razor-sharp musings will open avenues of debate and discussion long after the book is closed. Quindlen is at the top of her game when she turns her eagle eye on the tiny threads that make up the fiber of domestic life. . . . Quindlen’s columns speak for themselves, loud and clear.”—Publishers Weekly

“She is a master of blending the personal and the political and finding the humanity in an often inhumane world. . . . The type of pundit you want to have whispering in your ear when you get into a philosophical discussion at a dinner party. She always comes up with cogent, reasoned arguments.”—Tacoma News Tribune

good but serminizes a bit

Would you consider the audio edition of Loud and Clear to be better than the print version?

yes because this is a book you can easily start and stop easily.

Have you listened to any of Anna Quindlen’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I liked her "Lots of Candles" better, not as much sermonizing.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

There were were definitely places where I laughed and cried, Anna is able to make you think about your own mundane life with new perspective.

Inspiring

I enjoyed being reminded of the simple core of living in America and being a woman of strength that had always been inside me.

loud and clear

This is an excellent audiobook. The story is great and Anna Quindlen is superb. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

So good that words fail me

I’m usually pretty articulate in giving book reviews but not this time. This book is so eloquent, gripping, compelling, mesmerizing, relatable that it’s hard to do it justice. I dare you not to be late for some truly important appointment because you were listening to this. Call your husband and tell him you will be home late from work because your car broke down.