Traveling Mercies Some Thoughts on Faith
Anne LamottPublished1999
Pages357
Formathardcover
PublisherThorndike Press
Synopsis
With an exuberant mix of passion, insight, and humor, Anne Lamott takes us on a journey through her past to illuminate her quirky walk of faith. She tells how, against all odds, she came to believe in God, and then in herself. Whether she's writing about her family, sick children, old friends, religious women of her church, or the men she's dated, Lamott reveals the hard-won wisdom gathered along her path to connectedness and liberation.
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About Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Born 1954
A novelist and writer of non-fiction, Anne Lamott was born in San Francisco in 1954. She wrote for the newspaper at Goucher College for the two years she attended. She wrote her first novel, *Hard Laughter* for her father after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Howard Freeman's term "particularism" is aptly applied to her narrative nonfiction. Lamott draws on her own life and experiences in her writing, covering topics such as alcoholism, depression, being a single mother, Christianity, and the intersection between them.
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