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- catalog abstract "In beautifully written memoirs by some of the great women writers of America, The Quiet Center resonates with the wisdom gleaned from everyday life. Originally published in the pages of Victoria magazine in its first decade, the essays in this volume speak to and from a woman's heart.".
- catalog alternative "Victoria (New York, N.Y.)".
- catalog contributor b10308998.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Angeline Goreau -- A place at the table / Jane Howard -- Parties real and otherwise / Carol Shields -- In the company of the past : The dance of life / Doris Bryden Randall -- It all started with the sampler / Susan Crandell -- Piano for four hands / Marjorie Sandor -- In the company of the past / Susan J. Gordon -- The stitches that bind / Linda Sunshine -- Gingham : forever fresh / M.J. Andersen -- My grandmother's shell / Faith Andrews Bedford -- On writing and writers : The narrated life / Perri Klass -- Edna St. Vincent Millay : afternoon on a hill / Catherine Calvert -- Passport to the universe / Patricia O'Toole -- Jane Austen's heroines / Jane Smiley -- Looking for Edith / Susan Minot -- The grown-up charms of classic children's books / Michele Slung -- So I knew Rachel Carson / Tovah Martin -- Through the window of a book / Susan Schneider -- A visit to "The country of the pointed firs" /".
- catalog description "Foreword / Nancy Lindemeyer -- Childhood : Horse love / Jane Smiley -- Listening to my mother's song / Maxine Clair -- The palaces of downtown / Catherine Calvert -- My mother's open door / Reeve Lindbergh -- Miss Bartlett's quotations / Faye Moskowitz -- Learning the language of love / Priscilla Dunhill -- The gift of memory / Suzanne Berne -- The transient beauty of fireflies / Francine Prose -- Motherhood : A promenade with William / Judith Thurman -- The gift of a name / Susan Schneider -- A desk for my daughter / Gardner McFall -- Sweet William / Judith Thurman -- Grandmothers : May your life be one sweet song / Susan J. Gordon -- Collecting grandmothers / Whitney Otto -- At grandmother's table / M.J. Andersen -- "Sick-abed on two chairs" : pudding comforts / Sylvia Thompson -- Cheers for the Queen Mum / Catherine Calvert -- Sisters : Forever entwined / Susan Minot -- Alice and Charlotte /".
- catalog description "In beautifully written memoirs by some of the great women writers of America, The Quiet Center resonates with the wisdom gleaned from everyday life. Originally published in the pages of Victoria magazine in its first decade, the essays in this volume speak to and from a woman's heart.".
- catalog description "Judith Thurman -- Telling the story of sisters / Catherine Calvert -- Places of the heart : A bell-regulated Eden / Phyllis Theroux -- Porch swings, old novels, and memories of summers past / Catherine Calvert -- Medora's story / Susan Minot -- The site of first dreams / Janette Turner Hospital -- My mother and mendocino / Phyllis Theroux -- The tangle and the bog / Suzanne Berne -- Oxford in my time / Caroline Seebohm -- A gently haunted house / Susan Schneider -- Meditations among the peonies / Susan Allen Toth -- Houseguests / Kim Waller -- Rituals : "Tell me a story" / Madeleine L'Engle -- Messengers of the heart / Susan Minot -- Pansies for remembrance / Judith Thurman -- Wrapping up a memory / Catherine Calvert -- Playing Santa / Judith Thurman -- Thank-you notes : acts of grace / Jane Howard -- A Crosswicks kind of Christmas / Madeleine L'Engle -- By the Tuileries, the world in a teacup /".
- catalog description "Susan Allen Toth -- Journeys with the Victorians : intrepid women travelers / Michele Slung -- "I feel the same way" / Judith Thurman -- Writing to the human heart / Marian Seldes -- The quiet center of one's life : Meditations of a beekeeper / Faith Andrews Bedford -- Reflecting on foot / Susan Minot -- Giving love a melody, memory a tune / Madeleine L'Engle -- The romance of old books / Patricia O'Toole -- Canoes : summer's magic carpet / Judith Thurman -- Too obvious to forget / Madeleine L'Engle -- Hiding out / Susan Allen Toth -- On keeping a journal / Phyllis Theroux -- The deer in springtime / Diane Ackerman.".
- catalog extent "x, 358 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Quiet center.".
- catalog identifier "0688154646 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Quiet center.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Hearst Books,".
- catalog relation "Quiet center.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "305.4/092/273 21".
- catalog subject "HQ1412 .Q54 1997".
- catalog subject "Women United States Biography Miscellanea.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Angeline Goreau -- A place at the table / Jane Howard -- Parties real and otherwise / Carol Shields -- In the company of the past : The dance of life / Doris Bryden Randall -- It all started with the sampler / Susan Crandell -- Piano for four hands / Marjorie Sandor -- In the company of the past / Susan J. Gordon -- The stitches that bind / Linda Sunshine -- Gingham : forever fresh / M.J. Andersen -- My grandmother's shell / Faith Andrews Bedford -- On writing and writers : The narrated life / Perri Klass -- Edna St. Vincent Millay : afternoon on a hill / Catherine Calvert -- Passport to the universe / Patricia O'Toole -- Jane Austen's heroines / Jane Smiley -- Looking for Edith / Susan Minot -- The grown-up charms of classic children's books / Michele Slung -- So I knew Rachel Carson / Tovah Martin -- Through the window of a book / Susan Schneider -- A visit to "The country of the pointed firs" /".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Nancy Lindemeyer -- Childhood : Horse love / Jane Smiley -- Listening to my mother's song / Maxine Clair -- The palaces of downtown / Catherine Calvert -- My mother's open door / Reeve Lindbergh -- Miss Bartlett's quotations / Faye Moskowitz -- Learning the language of love / Priscilla Dunhill -- The gift of memory / Suzanne Berne -- The transient beauty of fireflies / Francine Prose -- Motherhood : A promenade with William / Judith Thurman -- The gift of a name / Susan Schneider -- A desk for my daughter / Gardner McFall -- Sweet William / Judith Thurman -- Grandmothers : May your life be one sweet song / Susan J. Gordon -- Collecting grandmothers / Whitney Otto -- At grandmother's table / M.J. Andersen -- "Sick-abed on two chairs" : pudding comforts / Sylvia Thompson -- Cheers for the Queen Mum / Catherine Calvert -- Sisters : Forever entwined / Susan Minot -- Alice and Charlotte /".
- catalog tableOfContents "Judith Thurman -- Telling the story of sisters / Catherine Calvert -- Places of the heart : A bell-regulated Eden / Phyllis Theroux -- Porch swings, old novels, and memories of summers past / Catherine Calvert -- Medora's story / Susan Minot -- The site of first dreams / Janette Turner Hospital -- My mother and mendocino / Phyllis Theroux -- The tangle and the bog / Suzanne Berne -- Oxford in my time / Caroline Seebohm -- A gently haunted house / Susan Schneider -- Meditations among the peonies / Susan Allen Toth -- Houseguests / Kim Waller -- Rituals : "Tell me a story" / Madeleine L'Engle -- Messengers of the heart / Susan Minot -- Pansies for remembrance / Judith Thurman -- Wrapping up a memory / Catherine Calvert -- Playing Santa / Judith Thurman -- Thank-you notes : acts of grace / Jane Howard -- A Crosswicks kind of Christmas / Madeleine L'Engle -- By the Tuileries, the world in a teacup /".
- catalog tableOfContents "Susan Allen Toth -- Journeys with the Victorians : intrepid women travelers / Michele Slung -- "I feel the same way" / Judith Thurman -- Writing to the human heart / Marian Seldes -- The quiet center of one's life : Meditations of a beekeeper / Faith Andrews Bedford -- Reflecting on foot / Susan Minot -- Giving love a melody, memory a tune / Madeleine L'Engle -- The romance of old books / Patricia O'Toole -- Canoes : summer's magic carpet / Judith Thurman -- Too obvious to forget / Madeleine L'Engle -- Hiding out / Susan Allen Toth -- On keeping a journal / Phyllis Theroux -- The deer in springtime / Diane Ackerman.".
- catalog title "The quiet center : women reflecting on life's passages from the pages of Victoria magazine / Katherine Ball Ross, editor.".
- catalog type "text".