A review by snealon
Crooked Little Heart by Anne Lamott

4.0

Despite my cynicism, I found myself falling for Lamott's portrayal of all the gooey supportive love and understanding in the unconventional relationships between teenage daughter Rosie, her recovering alcoholic, widowed mother Elizabeth, and the myriad satellite stand-in parental figures for Rosie. I was so beguiled by the atmosphere Lamott creates through her beautiful language, that I kept yearning to pick up the book again simply to be back in the haunting world she had created. I was certainly not lured back by the slow-moving plot, punctuated with excitement from the play-by-play of Rosie's tennis matches (yawn).