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One True Thing Information
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 One True Thing is a 1998 film which tells the story of a woman who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her dying mother. It was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna Quindlen. It was directed by Carl Franklin. The movie stars...


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 Nieman Reports
One True Thing. (book reviews)
03/22/1995: 969 words, approx. 3 pages When I heard that Anna Quindlen decided to write novels full-time, charging confidently into a new career that many journalists dare only dream about, my first thought was: can she pull this one off, too? If "One True Thing" is any indication, the...
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 National Catholic Reporter
One True Thing. (movie reviews)
10/23/1998: 718 words, approx. 2 pages One True Thing (Universal) is a mainstream vehicle on an emotionally surefire subject: the cancer-ridden last months of a brave mother. Meryl Streep inhabits the role with such luminous force that she conveys a reserve of unsuspected strength even as she grows more...



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Critical Review by Rosanne Daryl Thomas
1,125 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following review, Thomas asserts that Quindlen fails to deliver in the second half of One True Thing, but shows signs of becoming a first-rate novelist.
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Critical Review by Elizabeth Leland
953 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following review, Leland praises Quindlen's style in One True Thing, but points to a few of the novel's weaknesses as well.
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Critical Review by Carolyn See
942 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following review, See calls Quindlen's One True Thing “a hypnotically interesting novel, straight and plain, and very lovable.”


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