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eminewbow's review against another edition
5.0
I love everything Anne Lamott writes. This book made me wish I could sit down and have lunch with her to talk about life. As always, in this book she's wise and funny and just a lovely human being.
ssione5's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
4.5
Regardless of whether I agree with what she said, I appreciate her perspective.
nrt43's review against another edition
4.0
This book is (I think) an extension of her TED talk. I assume the book came after the talk, but they both look at 12 ideas that she "knows for sure" - things that apply to everyone. I love these sort of books where older folks with some wisdom reflect on what they know. To me it feels almost like cheating on a test, ha. But this is great! Lamott includes plenty to laugh about and to ponder. It's a great, little book.
egould1's review against another edition
5.0
It’s possible that the current pandemic circumstances have upped my rating, but as always, Lamott’s words are just right when I need them. I needed these words of hope. My favorite part was the prelude - paradoxes, hope and hopelessness, light and darkness. Lamott’s words provide reminders of truth during an especially paradoxical time.
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
3.0
“More than any other sentence I have ever come across, I love Ram Dass’s line that when all is said and done, we are all just walking each other home.”
We're in weird times, all stuck at home due to a pandemic. So I'm just scrolling through my libraries audio books and this one popped up. In no way is it my normal kind of story, but I figured...why not?
It was interesting but a bit all over. The title is accurate, it's filled with a little bit of a lot of stuff. But it didn't really get into anything big....except it hit home loving those as they pass and....God. Not really God with a capital G but....it was still quite a bit about a higher power.
Meh. Either way, it was interesting and the author had a unique voice.
We're in weird times, all stuck at home due to a pandemic. So I'm just scrolling through my libraries audio books and this one popped up. In no way is it my normal kind of story, but I figured...why not?
It was interesting but a bit all over. The title is accurate, it's filled with a little bit of a lot of stuff. But it didn't really get into anything big....except it hit home loving those as they pass and....God. Not really God with a capital G but....it was still quite a bit about a higher power.
Meh. Either way, it was interesting and the author had a unique voice.