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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsSlow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas & Found Happinessby Dominique Browning
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In November 2007, former editor in chief of House & Garden magazine Dominique Browning experienced what thousands have since experienced. She lost her job. Overnight, her driven, purpose-filled days vanished. With her children leaving home and a long relationship ending, the structure of her days disappeared. She fell into a panic of loss but found humor despite everything, discovering a deeper joy than any she had ever known. It was a life she had not sought, but one that offered pleasures and surprises she didn't know she lacked. Slow Love is about wearing your pajamas to the farmers' market, packing up a beloved home and moving to a more rural setting, making time to play the piano and go kayaking, reinventing yourself, and not cutting corners when it comes to love, muffins, or gardening. This elegant, graceful--and yet funny--book inspires us to dance in the kitchen and seize new directions. Review:"Browning's 13-year-job as editor-in-chief of House & Garden fulfillingly defined her days and her identity; when the magazine folded two years ago, she was shaken to the core of her being. Having maintained her Westchester house, family of two grown sons, extensive garden, and frequent dining out, her life and general sense of self was radically shaken over the next year, and in this enchanting, funny, deeply gracious memoir, Browning, many years divorced, recounts how she found enlightenment at the other end. Writing was one way to absorb the panic; she went on a muffin-baking binge and gained 15 pounds; lost track of days, remaining comfortingly in her pjs and yearning perilously to reconnect to a former lover she calls Stroller, who was deemed wrong for her by everyone she knew. A few small decisions had enormous impact, such as when insomnia compelled her to tackle Bach's Goldberg Variations on the piano, and poignantly she refocused on her artistic nature. There is such feeling and care on each page of Browning's well-honed memoir — her rediscovery of nature, her avowal to let love find her rather than seek it, tapping satisfying work at her own keyboard — that the reader is swept along in a pleasant mood of transcendence." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Browning offers a humorous and moving work about losing a job and winning a life. Synopsis:From the beloved author Dominique Browning, a humorous and moving book about losing a job and winning a life. About the AuthorFor over a decade, Dominique Browning was the editor in chief of House & Garden. She is the author of Around the House and in the Garden and lives in New York City and Rhode Island. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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