Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
The author of Rose, Hard Laughter and two other novels chronicles her son's growth, discussing her fears and worries, her deepening faith, and the support of her eccentric circle of friends. 10,000 first printing.
The author of Rose, Hard Laughter and two other novels chronicles her son's growth, discussing her fears and worries, her deepening faith, and the support of her eccentric circle of friends. 10,000 first printing.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679420910 (0679420916)
Publish date: April 27th 1993
Publisher: Pantheon
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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