Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out...
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It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), with a generous amount of wit and faith (but very little piousness), Lamott narrates the great and small events that make up a woman’s life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781400079094 (1400079098)
ASIN: 1400079098
Publish date: March 8th 2005
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 251
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Book Club,
Adult,
Parenting,
Biography Memoir
This book brought forth similarly conflicted emotions as parenthood does. I loved it and was infuriated by it. But wouldn't have missed reading it for the world. Thanks Hester.
I read this book for my infant development class. Anne Lamott is a wonderful writer. She is able to aptly express the anxieties and difficulties of having a very young infant, particularly as a single parent. While Lamott clearly had a lot of social support which eased her journey, that didn't st...
If you're looking for emotional, this is it for you! This book will resonate with new mother's especially. This is a very candid look of life and it taught me many things.
Entertaining, but I didn’t like it nearly as much as I had hoped.
Journal of her son's first year. Faith. Loss of her friend to cancer.
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