All Things at Once

出版者:Weinstein Books

作者:Mika Brzezinski

页数:288

出版时间:2010-1-5

价格:USD 24.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781602861114

具体描述

As the co-host of MSNBC’s popular morning show Morning Joe , Mika Brzezinski has established herself a leading political news journalist and beloved television personality. She daily interviews world leaders—Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain—and discusses the major events of the day with guests like Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, Andrea Mitchell, Chris Matthews, Maureen Dowd, and Tom Friedman. But success hasn’t always come easy for Mika. Growing up the only daughter of a former National Security Advisor, she struggled to find an identity in a family of over-achievers. She found her dream job early on and was hailed as the “It Girl” of CBS, only to be fired just a few short years later. After an unsuccessful stint as a stay-at-home mom, Mika went back to the workplace with encouragement from her 8-year-old daughter. She took a job that seemed a long-shot at best, and against all odds achieved the greatest success of her career. Now, in a time when many women are losing their jobs or struggling to find the perfect balance between work and home, Mika guides women of all ages to a place where they can find peace and fulfillment in their lives. All Things at Once is a motivational book aimed at women, based on Mika’s own personal and professional triumphs and failures—all of which have led her to her current position as one of television’s most outspoken and respected journalists. Blending the personal with the prescriptive, Brzezinski’s book will address the perpetual question of “having it all” when it comes to work and family; the importance of remaining equally humble in the face of great success and seemingly devastating setbacks; as well as the necessity of knowing and embracing our limitations so that we may transcend them. In the tradition of Gail Sheehy’s classic Passages , this illuminating book shows women how to reach their full potential in all areas of life, and at every stage of their journey. Readers will recognize their friends, their mothers, their daughters, and themselves in this refreshingly honest memoir.

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我得说，作者对于人物刻画的细腻程度，简直到了令人发指的地步。他笔下的人物都不是扁平化的符号，每一个都有着复杂的内心世界和难以言说的动机。举个例子，书中那位沉默寡言的年迈木匠，他每一次眼神的闪躲、每一次木屑拂过指尖的动作，都被赋予了深刻的象征意义。通过大量的内心独白和不经意的动作捕捉，作者像一个技艺精湛的心理侧写师，将人物灵魂深处的矛盾、挣扎和渴望，一层层剥开，展现在读者面前。这种写作手法，让读者在阅读过程中，不止一次停下来，反思自己与他人的关系，甚至是对自我认知的修正。很多时候，我感觉自己不是在读一个虚构的故事，而是在偷窥真实的人生剧本。尤其是在处理角色之间微妙的情感张力时，作者更是拿捏得炉火纯青，那种欲言又止、心照不宣的默契，通过简练的对话和环境烘托被描绘得淋漓尽致。这种对人性的深刻洞察，使得整部作品的厚重感得以凸显，它超越了一般的娱乐消遣，达到了探讨存在意义的高度。

我又成为了在douban上读书第一人/This autobiography is really life-story based/I thought we share similar interests and values.We are all trying to be "all things at once"/Too much narrative distract pp from the main idea(s)/ However, if Mika wanted to put more weights on her own stories than emphasizing "all things at once", then it makes sense/ Overall feeling tired to finish the whole book/ what I learnt from Mika or her mother -- we can be all things at once, but we cannot do everything all at once.

听的是Mika另外一本“Earn It!" - 变成了stereotype of millennial generation 缺少了些generation-wise

听的是Mika另外一本“Earn It!" - 变成了stereotype of millennial generation 缺少了些generation-wise

"I am enormously proud of the effort I put into assembling all these aspects of my life at a time..." 在邓公裤子上打翻整盘鱼子酱一刚……

听的是Mika另外一本“Earn It!" - 变成了stereotype of millennial generation 缺少了些generation-wise