Plan B: Further Thoughts on FaithFrom 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. As Anne Lamott knows, the world is a dangerous place. Terrorism and war have become the new normal. Environmental devastation looms even closer. 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. Fortunately 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. It shares with us Lamott's ability to comfort and to make us laugh despite the grim realities. Anne Lamott is one of our most beloved writers, and Plan B is a book more necessary now than ever. It is further evidence that, as The New Yorker has written, "Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration." |
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... looked like Christ had been abandoned on the cross. It looked like a win for the Romans.” “How do we help? How do we not lose our minds?” “You take care of the suffering.” “I can't get to Iraq.” “There are folks who are miserable here ...
... looked like Christ had been abandoned on the cross. It looked like a win for the Romans.” “How do we help? How do we not lose our minds?” “You take care of the suffering.” “I can't get to Iraq.” “There are folks who are miserable here ...
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... looked at my receipt and cried, “Hey! You've won a ham!” I felt blindsided by the news. I had asked for help, not a ham. This was very disturbing. What on earth was I going to do with ten pounds of salty pink eraser? I rarely eat it. It ...
... looked at my receipt and cried, “Hey! You've won a ham!” I felt blindsided by the news. I had asked for help, not a ham. This was very disturbing. What on earth was I going to do with ten pounds of salty pink eraser? I rarely eat it. It ...
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... !” “Happy Birthday,” she said, and started crying. She looked drained and pinched, and after a moment, she pointed to her gas gauge. “I don't have money for gas, or food. I've never asked for help from a friend since 10 plan b.
... !” “Happy Birthday,” she said, and started crying. She looked drained and pinched, and after a moment, she pointed to her gas gauge. “I don't have money for gas, or food. I've never asked for help from a friend since 10 plan b.
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... looked like a shepherd, of bad dogs. “What's your dog's name?” she shouted. I told her. “What kind of dog is she? Where'd she get those ears? Here, Lily! Here, girl.” The woman sounded like someone from the shouting Loud family, on the ...
... looked like a shepherd, of bad dogs. “What's your dog's name?” she shouted. I told her. “What kind of dog is she? Where'd she get those ears? Here, Lily! Here, girl.” The woman sounded like someone from the shouting Loud family, on the ...
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... looked down at the grass, there was nothing there. Then I looked at the sole of my shoe. My entire childhood passed before my eyes—kids holding their noses in schoolyards, parents commanding us all out of the car, demanding that we ...
... looked down at the grass, there was nothing there. Then I looked at the sole of my shoe. My entire childhood passed before my eyes—kids holding their noses in schoolyards, parents commanding us all out of the car, demanding that we ...
Contents
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three sams dad | 31 |
seven adolescence | 91 |
eight sincere meditations | 103 |
ten hard rain | 125 |
eleven good friday world | 135 |
twelve diamond heart | 147 |
fourteen joice to the world | 177 |
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