Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Anne Lamott

266 pages first pub 1999 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
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Traveling Mercies is for readers who enjoy candid, reflective memoirs that balance raw honesty with wry humor and a quietly hopeful undercurrent. If you like books that feel like an intimate conversation—equal parts laughter, struggle, and hard-won grace—you’ll likely find yourself at home here.

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Anne Lamott claims the two best prayers she knows are: Help me, help me, help me and Thank you, thank you, thank you. She has a friend whose morning prayer each day is Whatever, and whose evening prayer is Oh, well. Anne thinks of Jesus as Casper ...

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4.13
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Moods

reflective: 82%

emotional: 68%

hopeful: 68%

inspiring: 57%

funny: 49%

challenging: 21%

lighthearted: 14%

dark: 12%

sad: 12%

relaxing: 5%

informative: 3%

tense: 3%

mysterious: 1%


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68% of readers chose medium
24% of readers chose slow
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