What Now? Audiobook (Free)

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Predicated on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by bestselling author Ann Patchett provides wish and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, about What Now? or transitioning in one life stage to some other. With wit and candor, Patchett tells her own story of attending university, graduating, and fighting the inevitable question, What now?

From pupil to line make to teacher to waitress and finally to award-winning author, Patchett’s own life has taken many twists and changes that make her exploration genuine and resonant. As Patchett writes, ”What today?’ represents our enthusiasm and our future, the vitality of existence.’ She features the options the unknown gives and reminds us that there surely is as much joy in the journey as there is certainly in achieving the destination.