It is further evidence that, as The New Yorker has written, 'Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration. EVERYTHING WAS going swimmingly on the panel. 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. Her most recent book is 'Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith' (Riverhead, 2005).

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. Lamott finds herself in middle age to be a much juicier person.

Environmental devastation looms even closer. Terrorism and war have become the new normal. A memoir recommended for those who have experienced limitations to their grand visions of doing good but are willing to find tiny bits of hope and rebirth. Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith tags: life 434 likes Like It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience.

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. Plan B by Anne Lamott Review Spirituality & Practice 2005 S&P Award Winner Plan B Further Thoughts on Faith By Anne Lamott Essays that reveal the Christian author's idiosyncratic faith as she finds tiny bits of hope and rebirth in her own experiences.

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