Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
of Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author)
Description
The most honest, wildly enjoyable book written about motherhood is surely Anne Lamott's account of her son Sam's first year. A gifted writer and teacher, Lamott (Crooked Little Heart) is a single mother and ex-alcoholic with a pleasingly warped social circle and a remarkably tolerant religion to lean on. She responds to the changes, exhaustion, and love Sam brings with aplomb or outright insanity. The book rocks from hilarious to unbearably poignant when Sam's burgeoning life is played out against a very close friend's illness. No saccharine paean to becoming a parent, this touches on the rage and befuddlement that dog sweeter emotions during this sea change in one's life.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 251 pages
- Publisher Anchor
- Publication Date March 8th 2005
- First Publication 04/27/93
- Language English
- ISBN 9781400079094
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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