Sprinkled throughout both are her fiercely leftist, now fiercely anti-Bush politics. Then came the frank, funny, and fiercely honest Traveling Mercies, in which she described her own love affair with Jesus (a love that completely surprised her more than anybody). a wonderful read Lamott’s legions of fans will no doubt lap up.Anne Lamott won a host of fans with Operating Instructions, her hysterical memoir about the first year of her son's life. But there’s also the real work Lamott is doing here, the slow hard, slow work of forgiveness, and things can get teary. readers will howl with laughter at Lamott’s inability to do anything with Mom’s ashes other than leave them in her closet. Lamott’s trademark humor and irreverence mark practically every page. readers have long awaited Lamott’s second book on spirituality, and it won’t disappoint. “Funny, acerbic reflections on faith and family.

“Sturdy hope and valor are to be found in these sometimes painful, sometimes desperate, but always engaging pieces, which Lamott has crafted with equal parts honesty, candor, and wit.” -Elle This is that rare kind of book that is like having a smart, dear, crazy (in the best sense) friend walk next to us in sunlight and in the dark night of the soul.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Beyond her bold humor lies a compelling quest to recognize the spiritual challenges that surround us.” - People Magazine Lamott deserves to become a noational treasure.” - More Magazine “A refreshing mix of both the worldly and the mundane. She starts conversations inside you and helps you begin to talk with yourself in a new way.” - The Charlotte Observer

“To read Lamott is like finding a friend you can talk to about anything. It is further evidence that, as The New Yorker has written, 'Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration.' It shares with us Lamott's ability to comfort and to make us laugh despite the grim realities.Īnne Lamott is one of our most beloved writers, and Plan B is a book more necessary now than ever. And there are personal demands on her faith as well: getting older her mother's Alzheimer's her son's adolescence and the passing of friends and time.įortunately for those of us who are anxious about the state of the world, whose parents are also aging and dying, whose children are growing harder to recognize as they become teenagers, Plan B offers hope that we’re not alone in the midst of despair. Environmental devastation looms even closer.

Terrorism and war have become the new normal. From the New York Times bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything, a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times.Īs Anne Lamott knows, the world is a dangerous place.

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