
The sharp, funny, and heartfelt follow-up to her bestselling Plan B, Anne Lamott's newest collection is a personal exploration of the faith and grace all around us. In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Lamott examines the ways we're caught in life's most daunting predicaments: love, mothering, work, politics, and maybe toughest of all, evolving from who we are to who we were meant to be. This is a complicated process for most of us, and Lamott turns her wit and honesty inward to describe her own intimate, bumpy, and unconventional road to grace and faith. I wish grace and healing were more abracadabra kinds of things, she writes in one of her essays, that delicate silver bells would ring to announce grace's arrival. But no, it's clog and slog and scootch, on the floor, in silence, in the dark. Whether she's writing about her unsuccessful efforts to get her money back from an obstinate carpet salesman, grappling with the tectonic shifts in her relationship with her son as he matures, trying to maintain her faith and humor during politically challenging times, or helping a close friend die with dignity, Lamott seeks out both the divinity and the humanity in herself and everything around her. Throughout these essays, she writes of her struggle to find the essence of her faith, which she uncovers in the unlikeliest places. By turns insightful and hilarious, pointed and poignant, Grace (Eventually) is Anne Lamott at her perceptive and irreverent best.
Publisher:
New York : Penguin, 2007.
ISBN:
9781594489426
1594489424
1594489424
Branch Call Number:
813.54 Lamot 9254tc 1
813.54 Lamot 9254mv 1
813.54 Lamot 9254tv 1
813.54 Lamot 9254mv 1
813.54 Lamot 9254tv 1
Characteristics:
253 p.


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Add a CommentLamott navigates the same world and obstacles as you and I with a strong faith and good friends to see her along the way. In essays covering topics ranging from apologizing for an impulsive and snarky email, to sitting on a panel and speaking out in support of women's health issues at a Catholic-based conference, and reflecting on her drug-fueled past mistakes, Lamott shares her gift for asking for, and receiving, forgiveness.
I like reading Anne Lamott. She's honest, authentic, and speaks her mind. It's like having a one-sided conversation when reading her books, and quite often her stuff hits me just right when I'm needing a little spiritual pick-me-up. Still, this isn't as good as Traveling Mercies. But the way Lamott connects to her reader is undeniable, and reading this still makes me want to read through all of her books.
Another good one by Anne Lamott, though I must confess I've enjoyed others of hers more (especially Bird by Bird, Operating Instructions, and Plan B - those are my favourites). Still looking forward to reading more by her - there's usually at least one turn of phrase or moment that makes me laugh out loud, and there's always plenty of comfort in being in good company with other struggling human beings who are striving after those moments of grace.