{"product_id":"paper-trail-common-sense-in-uncommon-times-9781416578307","title":"Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this rich and savvy collection of commentaries on the events, people and issues that shape and define our world, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Ellen Goodman cuts to the heart of the stories and controversies that helped to define our times.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over twenty-five years, nationally syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman has been training her lens on contemporary American life. A marvelously direct writer with keen insight into what makes the average American tick, laugh and occasionally boil with rage, Goodman takes her measure of the national psyche in a voice that is at once perceptive, witty and deeply humane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaper Trail, \u003c\/i\u003e her first collection in more than ten years, journeys through an era that has been golden in its advances and bleak in its disappointments. In a voice both reasoned and impassioned, she makes sense of the cultural debates that have captured our attention and sometimes become national obsessions. She wrestles with the close-to-the-bone issues of abortion, working mothers and gay marriage, the struggles for civil liberties and equal rights, and the moral complexity of assisted suicide and biotech babies. As she wends through the era of the Clinton scandals and the \"amBushing\" of America, the dot-com boom and bust, the horrors of September 11 and the War on Terrorism, Goodman pauses to celebrate some of our lost icons, including Jackie Onassis, Princess Diana and Doctor Spock. She reminds us as well of the fleeting fame of such instant celebrities as Elian Gonzalez and Lorena Bobbitt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe lines that separate public and private life dissolve under Goodman's scrutiny as she shows us how Washington politics, Silicon Valley technology and the national media culture infiltrate our jobs, relationships and minds. With the trademark clarity that readers count on, she walks us through the dilemmas posed by new technologies that range from cloning to cell phones and makes us laugh at the vagaries of Viagra and Botox and unreality TV. And in a world that sometimes seems to be stuck on fast forward, she holds on to values as timeless as a family Thanksgiving and a summer porch in Maine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding more than 160 of Ellen Goodman's lively and stylish columns, this timely collection walks us along the paper trail in a voice that is both crystal clear and original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416578307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Goodman'\u003c\/b\u003es column appears in more than 400 newspapers. A syndicated columnist for the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and the Washington Post Writers Group, and the coauthor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling book on female friendships \u003ci\u003eI Know Just What You Mean, \u003c\/i\u003e Goodman lives in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409874448499,"sku":"9781416578307","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_28a86a7a-c51e-4be2-bf0b-47c6964dfd6a.jpg?v=1771939406","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/paper-trail-common-sense-in-uncommon-times-9781416578307","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}