Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Written by Anne Lamott
Narrated by Rebecca Lowman
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About this audiobook
From the best-selling author of Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird comes a chronicle of faith and spirituality that is at once tough, personal, affectionate, wise, and very funny.
With an exuberant mix of passion, insight, and humor, Anne Lamott takes us on a journey through her often troubled past to illuminate her devout but quirky walk of faith. In a narrative spiced with stories and scripture, with diatribes, laughter, and tears, Lamott tells how, against all odds, she came to believe in God and then, even more miraculously, in herself. She shows us the myriad ways in which this sustains and guides her, shining the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life and exposing surprising pockets of meaning and hope.
Whether writing about her family or her dreadlocks, sick children or old friends, the most religious women of her church or the men she's dated, Lamott reveals the hard-won wisdom gathered along her path to connectedness and liberation.
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott is the author of seven novels and nine works of nonfiction, and the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. She has been a book reviewer for Mademoiselle, a restaurant critic for California magazine, and a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Salon. Anne Lamott lives in northern California.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anne set scenes of emotions , grief, and celebration concealed in moments, individuals, and all the OVERCOMING’s. Intimate headspace of living, liking, loving, observing, taking action. - even if it’s small step. Had the pleasure of meeting Anne! She’s as authentic as her books!