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authoraugust's review
5.0
Anne Lamott is all around fantastic. She's a great writer, a great person, and pretty much my philosophical hero. She approaches life like a writer, with the wonder of a kid who's trying everything for the first time, but with the wisdom of someone who has been through it all (and, I might add, isn't ashamed of it). And although she loves her some Jesus, it's not an abstract thing or a set of rules: it's a concrete lifestyle rooted in a love for all things. She gets this philosophy across with tender words and harsh words, and quotes from those who have shaped her life. I'm a Jesus sympathetic, thanks to Anne Lamott, and I can only hope my life and my writing speak as loudly as hers do.
freckleduck's review
4.0
This book describes Anne Lamott's faith journey and her thoughts on life. It took me a little to get into this book because she struggles and is in so much pain that it is hard to read. I then though grew to love her perspective and honesty and authenticity. She admits her faults and it makes me relate to her in a new way.
laila4343's review
5.0
Damn, this book slayed me now in a way that it didn't when I first read it back in 2004. For one, I'm older, turning 40 this year. Two, I'm a mom of a little boy who is getting taller and older and makes me keenly aware of time passing too quickly. Anne Lamott writes with raw honesty and humor about the real stuff of life- friends dying, finding a home church and spiritual community, trying not to compare your middle-aged butt to a youthful teen's butt, a parent getting old - but where it gutted me again and again is the stuff about her relationship with her sweet Sam, who is now a grownup man but who was 7 and 8 in the essays in the book. Anyway, if you're craving a little spiritual sustenance, you should read this. I'm going to reread all of her memoirs. They're so worth it.
andyc_elsby232's review
3.0
If Lamott had waited ten years to write this she would have realized there's nothing wrong with having a big butt.