Anne Lamott is the New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches; Some Assembly Required; Grace (Eventually); Plan B; Traveling Mercies; Bird by Bird; Operating Instructions, and the forthcoming Hallelujah Anyway. She is also the author of several novels, including Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.
“Lamott is beloved by legions for her smart, irreverent take on the
human condition, filtered through her unique brand of compassionate
Christianity and delivered with delicious, self-deprecating wit.
Lamott goes even deeper in these essays.”
—People
“Anne Lamott is practically a household word in the
peeling-back-the-soul department. She's utterly disarming. She's
hysterically funny. One minute, you're falling off your chair
laughing, and the next, you're gasping for air, because Lamott has
just unfurled a sentence that cuts straight to the heart of what
you really needed to know. … Lamott is one in a million… Hers is an
inimitable mix of irreverence and deep-down holy wisdom. Her wit is
so sharp, her synapses fire so quickly, she deftly connects the
dots and vaults across the spiritual landscape like nobody
else…Lamott grounds the holy in the messy, hilarious, madcap
adventure that is her life. And she sees the truth so piercingly
perceptibly, we're left slack-jawed and wiser in her wake.”
—Chicago Tribune
“A collection of beautifully written essays, filled with nuggets of
wisdom gathered over years of mindful living. The stories tackle
some heavy topics … [but] Lamott's candor, and sarcastic,
self-deprecating humor lighten the content and engage readers. …Her
words heal us all.”
—Associated Press
“[Lamott’s] insightful and often hilarious prose celebrates the
little lessons that everyday challenges can teach us.”
—Women’s Day
“Most [of Lamott’s essays] balance wry, acidic humor with deeper
feeling — most often, a longing for grace and a sense of gratitude
for its manifestations.”
—The Boston Globe
“Prime examples of Lamott's crystalline insights and wicked wit.
There are laugh-out-loud moments…and frank revelations about her
personal brand of ‘left-wing Christianity,’ that sound a clarion
call to social activism rather than sanctimonious judgment. It is
so good to hear from her again.”
—The Austin Chronicle
“Lamott can infuse even the darkest material with humor and
uplifting revelations. Much loved by fans, her books are on many a
nightstand within reach for hour-of-the-wolf reading.”
—New York Daily News
“Lamott is funny, witty and irreverent…Her basic message is love
and forgiveness…Not a bad message for any faith.”
—The Denver Post
“Lamott once again summons her calm and reassuring voice to
tenderly grab us by the hand and walk us through the most
uncomfortable moments we may ever encounter in life: pain,
suffering, betrayal and loneliness. Lamott masterfully and
matter-of-factly recounts her battles with sobriety, her complex
relationship with her family, and how she ultimately found her
voice through spirituality. Heavy? Yes. But within each bracingly
honest story, Lamott lathers on her trademark humor.”
–NY 1
“Anne Lamott embraces language and life with equal zest,
squeezing from the intersection wisdom of the most soul-stretching
kind…A master of the touchpoint between wit and wisdom, Lamott adds
to the poignant a wink of the playful…Small Victories is an
enormously ennobling read in its entirety.”
—Brainpickings
“[Lamott is] perhaps the best popular essayist America has produced
in decades…[Small Victories] brings together a range of heartfelt
journalistic and spiritual writings, which have all the pleasures
and accessibility, the humor and surprise, of her longer books…A
must for all Lamott fans and a fine point of entry for
newcomers.”
—Library Journal (starred review)
"Honest, witty essays on the hidden blessings in life…Sage advice
on finding beauty and happiness in life despite bad
circumstances.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“An essay collection that tackles tough subjects with sensitive and
unblinking honesty…Lamott is refreshingly frank…[and] has the rare
ability to weave bracing humor seamlessly with earnest, Christian
faith.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Thank goodness for Anne Lamott. Her writing style, both unfussy
and diaphanous, her congeniality, loopy humor and dogged optimism
are balms. Her latest book, Small Victories is a gem…Surely, when
it comes to questions of faith, Lamott is to essay writing what
Marilynne Robinson is to fiction. Awesome.”
—BookPage
Praise for Anne Lamott
“Lamott writes essays…that are howlingly funny mini-sermons,
reminding us of what’s important in life.”
—Los Angeles Times
“[Lamott] has a gift for putting into words what it means to accept
and ultimately embrace the beauty, mystery, and pain that
is life.”
—San Antonio Express-News
“The wickedly witty and very funny Lamott…makes you laugh at the
same time she makes you think.”
—Denver Post
“[Lamott] can capture the bliss and beauty of tiny emotional events
in a few perfect words, then skewer her own worst impulses with
brutal hilarity.”
—Bust
“Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration. [Her] real genius lies in
capturing the ineffable, describing not perfect moments, but
imperfect ones…perfectly. She is nothing short of miraculous.”
—The New Yorker
“Anne Lamott has married a razor-sharp wit to a disarming spiritual
sincerity. A ferociously smart, droll, and original writer.”
—Entertainment Weekly
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