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Loading... Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faithby Anne Lamott
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Read this book. Just trust me on this... (  ) jwcooper3 | Nov 15, 2009 |  Anne takes us on a journey through her sometimes quirky faith. Whether writing about her family or her dreadlocks, sick children or old friends, the most religious women of her church, or men she has dated, she shows us the myriad ways her faith sustains her and guides her, shining light on the darkest part of ordinary life and exposing surprising pockets of meaning and hope. ( ) marient | May 14, 2009 | A thoroughly enjoyable read, without a lot of proselytizing. The author shares slices of life in a very accessible way, and her wit and humor come through clearly. I look forward to reading more of Anne LaMott's work. jjpet | Apr 2, 2009 | Delightfully irreverent and yet faithfully steady: Lamott's spiritual essays are funny and full of heart, from the depths of a Dubya-hating, swearing, single mom, ex-hippie Jesus freak. ( ) illuminatedliterati | Mar 24, 2009 | Traveling Mercies doesn't reflect a "traditional" Christian viewpoint, but a very vibrant and personal faith journey. God moves in many ways. I read this several years ago and still remember and comtemplate some of the anecdotes she shared. I guess that's what you call inspiring... (  ) nanwordsmith | Mar 9, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Audiobook Review (ISBN 0385496095, Paperback)Anne Lamott admits that she's "ever so slightly more anxious than the average hypochondriac." When faced with a small, irregular mole and a family history of skin cancer, however, she remembers her faith in God and enjoys some peace--despite behaving "a little more like Nathan Lane in The Birdcage than I would have hoped." Author Lamott reads these wonderfully detailed postcards from her meandering journey to faith. With sharp and bittersweet humor, she recounts a past full of bad relationships with men, with food, with drugs, with alcohol, and worst of all, with herself. She battles her demons thanks to the love of her friends and family and her "lurch of faith" to embrace religion, that "puzzling thing inside me that had begun to tug on my sleeve from time to time, trying to get my attention." Inspiring but not dogmatic, Traveling Mercies is a treasure. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --C.B. Delaney(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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