A loose end - that's what we woman call it, when we are ove… - Anna Quindlen

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A loose end - that's what we woman call it, when we are overwhelmed by the care of small children, the weight of small tasks, a life in which we fall into bed at the end of the day exhausted from being all things to all people.

Anna Quindlen

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Anna Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American journalist and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992.

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Alternative Names: Anna Marie Quindlen

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