Traveling Mercies
Some Thoughts on Faith
$30.74
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2000
Summary
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes a personal, wise, very funny, and “life-affirming” book (People) that shows us how to find meaning and hope through shining the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life.“Anne Lamott is walking proof that a person can be both reverent and irreverent in the same lifetime. Sometimes even in the same breath.” -San Francisco ChronicleLamott claims the two best prayers she knows are- “Help me, help me, help me” and “Th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385496094 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385496095 |
| Author: | Anne Lamott |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2000 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 129mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
“Even at her most serious, she never takes herself or her spirituality too seriously. Lamott is a narrator who has relished and soaked up the details of her existence, equally of mirth and devastation, spirit and grief, and spilled them onto her pages.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Life-affirming … Lamott fills her text with remarkable detail and a refreshing sense of humanity that has you guffawing on one page and bawling on the next.” —People
“You’ll love Traveling Mercies for Lamott’s unblinking confrontation with God’s love, and you’ll buy copies for all your friends struggling with faith.” —USA Today
“Exuberant and captivating…. shifts from laugh-out-loud wisecracks to heart-wrenching poignancy. At one point she seems a reincarnation of Erma Bombeck; at others, she could be Annie Dillard or Kathleen Norris.” —Chicago Tribune
“Compares with the witty and moving Christian apologetics of C. S. Lewis…. Lamott is a fine writer who combines theology with humor, compassion, and practicality.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Applies passion, wisdom, and intensity to a scorchingly personal look at the road from spiritual apathy to ardent belief…. Traveling Mercies, like Ms. Lamott herself, is a consistent delight.” —Dallas Morning News
“Lamott has developed an entirely new genre of religious writing. Gritty, stark, and humorous, she catches the reader by surprise when she points her pen heavenward…. Anne Lamott [is] the patron saint of struggling sinners, a woman who loves God enough to be divinely human.” —Religion News Service
“Anne Lamott is walking proof that a person can be both reverent and irreverent in the same lifetime. Sometimes even in the same breath.” —San Francisco Chronicle
About The Author
Anne Lamott
ANNE LAMOTT is the author of theNew York Times bestsellersAlmost Everything;Hallelujah Anyway;Help, Thanks, Wow;Small Victories;Stitches;Some Assembly Required;Grace (Eventually);Plan B;Traveling Mercies; andOperating Instructions. She is also the author of seven novels, includingImperfect Birds andRosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.
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