Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

237 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring medium-paced

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"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitche...

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informative 81%
inspiring 73%
funny 62%
reflective 54%
hopeful 36%
lighthearted 30%
emotional 19%
challenging 6%
relaxing 6%
sad 2%
adventurous 1%
dark 1%

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