Ellen Goodman
Born
in Newton, Massachusetts, The United States
April 11, 1941
Website
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I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendship in Women's Lives
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9 editions
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published
2000
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Close to Home
6 editions
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published
1979
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Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times
7 editions
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2004
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Turning Points
4 editions
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published
1979
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Value Judgments: Essays
3 editions
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published
1993
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Keeping in Touch
2 editions
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published
1985
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At Large
5 editions
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published
1981
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Making Sense
5 editions
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published
1989
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Primal Screen
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The Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: From Thales to the Tudors
2 editions
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1995
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“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ”
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“There’s a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over — and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving up, rather than out.”
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“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for—in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.”
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