Elizabeth Fishel is a journalist and author.
/ref> In 2013, Fishel published her fifth book, coauthored with Jeffrey Arnett, ''Getting To 30: A Parent's Guide to the 20-Something Years'' (Workman, originally titled, When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up?) In 2000, Fishel published a book profiling 10 of her classmates from the class of 1968 at Brearley School
The Brearley School is an American all-girls private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It educates approximately 770 girls in grades K–12, with approximately 50 to 65 students per grade.
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titled ''Reunion: The Girls We Used to Be, the Women We Became''. Her book ''I Swore I'd Never Do That!'' was awarded "Best Parenting Book" by Parent's Choice Award in 1991. Earlier books include ''Sisters'' (1979, reissued in 1997) and ''The Men In Our Lives'' (1985).
Fishel has also written for various magazines and newspapers, including ''Oprah's O'', ''Vogue
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Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** '' Vogue Adria'', a fashion magazine for former Yugoslav countries
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
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'', ''Good Housekeeping'', ''More'', ''Redbook'', ''Parents'', ''Ms.'', ''Parenting'', ''The New York Times Book Review
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'' and the ''San Francisco Chronicle
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''.
She presently lives in Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
, with her spouse, Robert Houghteling. They have two sons.
Bibliography
* ''Getting To 30: A Parent's Guide to the 20-Something Years'', Workman, 2013 (originally titled, When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up?)
* ''Something That Matters: Life, Love, and Unexpected Adventures in the Middle of the Journey'', Harwood Press, 2007
* ''Wednesday Writers: 10 Years of Writing Women's Lives'', Harwood Press, 2003 .
* ''Reunion: The Girls We Used to Be, The Women We Became'', Random House, 2000 .
* ''I Swore I'd Never Do That!: Recognizing Family Patterns & Making Wise Parenting Choices'', Conari, 1994 (originally published as Family Mirrors, Houghton Mifflin, 1991) .
* ''The Men in Our Lives: Fathers, Lovers, Husbands, Mentors'', William Morrow, 1985
* ''Sisters: Shared Histories, Lifelong Ties'', Conari, 1994 (originally published by William Morrow, 1979) .
Quotes
* ''"Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become."''
* ''"A sister is both your mirror -- and your opposite."''
References
20th-century American women journalists
American social sciences writers
Living people
Writers from Oakland, California
1950 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American journalists
Brearley School alumni
21st-century American women
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