lindseygwilson 's review for:

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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This was a beautiful way to start the new year. Anne had me silently chuckling at many points, and also near tears at times. While I am not a writer by vocation, I believe everyone has a creative drive inside them, which is part of being made in God's image. Many insights she teaches us are those which can be applied, as the title says to "writing and life." I kept remembering, with some awe, that she wrote this book a quarter century ago. It feels a lot like she is telling me these words in the present day. However, this was first published when I was a freshman in high school--before email, the internet, cell phones, and social media changed the shape of our lives and the way we interact and think. I wish I had read it then. Today, it remains just as relevant and necessary for living honest, intentional lives.