{"title":"Lamott, Anne","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"somehow-thoughts-on-love-anne-lamott-hardcover","title":"Somehow: Thoughts on Love -- Anne Lamott, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Anne Lamott is my Oprah.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDusk, Night, Dawn \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow\u003c\/i\u003e, a joyful celebration of love \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Love is our only hope,\" Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. \"It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSomehow: Thoughts on Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. \"Love just won't be pinned down,\" she says. \"It is in our very atmosphere\" and lies at the heart of who we are. We are, Lamott says, creatures of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn each chapter of \u003ci\u003eSomehow\u003c\/i\u003e, Lamott refracts all the colors of the spectrum. She explores the unexpected love for a partner later in life. The bruised (and bruising) love for a child who disappoints, even frightens. The sustaining love among a group of sinners, for a community in transition, in the wider world. The lessons she underscores are that love enlightens as it educates, comforts as it energizes, sustains as it surprises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomehow \u003c\/i\u003eis Anne Lamott's twentieth book, and in it she draws from her own life and experience to delineate the intimate and elemental ways that love buttresses us in the face of despair as it galvanizes us to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. Full of the compassion and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, \u003ci\u003eSomehow \u003c\/i\u003eis classic Anne Lamott: funny, warm, and wise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Lamott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 4.81w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593714416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eDusk, Night, Dawn; Almost Everything\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Hallelujah Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Small Victories; Stitches; Help, Thanks, Wow; Some Assembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrace (Eventually); Plan B\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTraveling Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several novels. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamott, Anne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005669859556,"sku":"9780593714416","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/61tSdoGDWmL.jpg?v=1725865306"},{"product_id":"help-thanks-wow-the-three-essential-prayers-anne-lamott-hardcover-1","title":"Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers -- Anne Lamott, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller from the author of\u003ci\u003e Dusk, Night Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Almost Everything.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott's funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and error. And in her new book, \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow\u003c\/i\u003e, she has coalesced everything she knows about prayer to these fundamentals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is these three prayers - asking for assistance from a higher power, appreciating what we have that is good, and feeling awe at the world around us - that can get us through the day and can show us the way forward. In Help, Thanks, Wow, Lamott recounts how she came to these insights, explains what they mean to her and how they have helped, and explores how others have embraced these same ideas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInsightful and honest as only Anne Lamott can be, \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow \u003c\/i\u003eis the everyday faith book that new Lamott readers will love and longtime Lamott fans will treasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Lamott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 4.75w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594631290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/b\u003e 18-UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/2012 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSome Assembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrace (Eventually)\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePlan B\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTraveling Mercies; Bird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOperating Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e. 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