And Then We Grew Up On Creativity, Potential, and the Imperfect Art of Adulthood

Rachel Friedman, Jennifer Rubins

eAudio - 2019

One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2019 A journey through the many ways to live an artistic life—from the flashy and famous to the quiet and steady—full of unexpected insights about creativity and contentment, from the author of The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Lost.Rachel Friedman was a serious violist as a kid. She quit music in college but never stopped fantasizing about what her life might be like if she had never put down her bow. Years later, a freelance writer in New York, she again finds herself struggling with her fantasy of an artist’s life versus its much more complicated reality. In search of answers, she decides to track down her childhood friends from Interlochen, a prestigious arts camp she attended, full of a...spiring actors, artists, dancers, and musicians, to find out how their early creative ambitions have translated into adult careers, relationships, and... more