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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... someone trying to make moral decisions under fire.” —Entertainment Weekly “A compelling quest to recognize the spiritual challenges that surround us.” —People “[Lamott] is a much-needed voice among American essayists and Plan B cements ...
... someone trying to make moral decisions under fire.” —Entertainment Weekly “A compelling quest to recognize the spiritual challenges that surround us.” —People “[Lamott] is a much-needed voice among American essayists and Plan B cements ...
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... someone who is as both loving and savvy as Sarah Chalfant, and here she's my agent— along with the incomparable Andrew Wylie. And I would not be here were it not for the love, support, and wisdom of the people of St. Andrew Presbyterian ...
... someone who is as both loving and savvy as Sarah Chalfant, and here she's my agent— along with the incomparable Andrew Wylie. And I would not be here were it not for the love, support, and wisdom of the people of St. Andrew Presbyterian ...
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... someone for a handout.” “It's not a handout,” I told her. “It's my birthday present.” I thrust a bunch of money into her hand, everything I had. Then I reached into my shopping cart and held out the ham to her like a clown offering ...
... someone for a handout.” “It's not a handout,” I told her. “It's my birthday present.” I thrust a bunch of money into her hand, everything I had. Then I reached into my shopping cart and held out the ham to her like a clown offering ...
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... someone from the shouting Loud family, on the old Saturday Night Live. I hung my head and smiled to myself. “I forgot your name," she shouted. I told her, and she waved and headed down the hillside. I closed my eyes, breathed in calm ...
... someone from the shouting Loud family, on the old Saturday Night Live. I hung my head and smiled to myself. “I forgot your name," she shouted. I told her, and she waved and headed down the hillside. I closed my eyes, breathed in calm ...
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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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