Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780786219612 (0786219610)
Publish date: May 1st 1999
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 338
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Religion,
Christian,
Faith,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Theology
Probably this is more like a 3.5 or 4 star read but I am deducting a star because I feel strongly that white people shouldn't have dreadlocks.There are many asides in this book that equate thinness with goodness, or naturally thin women with bitchiness, that make sense when you hear about her own ea...
Anne Lamott writes so personably. She brings us in close, shares a cup of tea with us, and invites us into her world. And it's a wonderful world to be part of. She writes about her faith journey from start to struggle. She's real, and also filled with faith and joy in her faith. I'm not Christia...
Something in the last book I read (The Magician's Book) spurred me on to Deep Thoughts. I've been mulling over faith a lot. I have tons of books on paganism and texts that compare faiths, but I wanted something chewier. So I dug out my copy of Traveling Mercies, since I remembered Anne Lamott being ...
Well, I love Anne Lamott's writing, so I might be biased, but I thought the essays in this book were lovely. I liked reading thoughts on faith from someone with a sense of humor, which Lamott definitely has.
Sorry to say I didn't enjoy this very much. But then again, I listened to it on audio and found her voice to be annoying. Perhaps if I had 'read' the book, I would've enjoyed it more.
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