A review by booksnailmail
Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott

hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

Thank you @riverheadbooks for this gorgeous copy of Anne Lamott’s latest book.
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Written during COVID, celebrating her marriage, and lamenting life - this series of essays is as tessellated as we might be feeling now. Lamott’s version of courage isn’t to point out the silver linings - those blaring deceptions... Rather, Lamott talks about the anxieties that emerge through life and maybe never go away. Perhaps age intensifies it , but the wisdom Lamott taps into is exceptional.
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Something about this has a raw edge compared to Lamott’s earlier books, as if in the third third of her life she said ‘eff it’ and told her truth. The only other Lamott I have read is Bird by Bird, which is instructional and rosy in comparison to this one. DND retains her trademark wry humor and connection to nature and spirituality, but with an undercurrent of the mature and tender. I felt cared for by these essays, not instructed. Like a reflection that applies to everyone by virtue of being born.
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I recommend this collection to fans of Mary Oliver or would like more Lamott in their lives, albeit a more emo version 😝