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Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

Autor Anne Lamott
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 noi 2014 – vârsta de la 18 ani
From the bestselling author of "Stitches "and "Help, Thanks, Wow "comes her long-awaited collection of new and selected essays on hope, joy, and grace.
Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent. It s an approach that has become her trademark. Now in "Small Victories," Lamott offers a new message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardship and pain may seem small, she writes, but they change us our perceptions, our perspectives, and our lives. Lamott writes of forgiveness, restoration, and transformation, how we can turn toward love even in the most hopeless situations, how we find the joy in getting lost and our amazement in finally being found.
Profound and hilarious, honest and unexpected, the stories in "Small Victories "are proof that the human spirit is irrepressible."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781594486296
ISBN-10: 1594486298
Pagini: 286
Dimensiuni: 127 x 206 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Riverhead Books

Descriere

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Hallelujah Anyway comes her long-awaited collection of new and selected essays on hope, joy, and grace.

Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent. It’s an approach that has become her trademark. Now in Small Victories, Lamott offers a new message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardship and pain may seem small, she writes, but they change us—our perceptions, our perspectives, and our lives. Lamott writes of forgiveness, restoration, and transformation, how we can turn toward love even in the most hopeless situations, how we find the joy in getting lost and our amazement in finally being found.

Profound and hilarious, honest and unexpected, the stories in Small Victories are proof that the human spirit is irrepressible.


Notă biografică

Anne Lamottis theNew York Timesbestselling author ofHelp, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches;Some Assembly Required;Grace (Eventually);Plan B;Traveling Mercies; Bird by Bird; Operating Instructions, and the forthcoming Hallelujah Anyway. She is also the author of several novels, includingImperfect Birdsand Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.

Recenzii

"Honest, witty essays on the hidden blessings in life...Sage advice on finding beauty and happiness in life despite bad circumstances."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
"An essay collection that tackles tough subjects with sensitive and unblinking honesty...Lamott is refreshingly frank...[and] has the rare ability to weave bracing humor seamlessly with earnest, Christian faith."
--"Publishers Weekly "
Praise for Anne Lamott
"Lamott writes essays...that are howlingly funny mini-sermons, reminding us of what's important in life."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"[Lamott] has a gift for putting into words what it means to accept and ultimately embrace the beauty, mystery, and pain that is life."
--"San Antonio Express-News"
"The wickedly witty and very funny Lamott...makes you laugh at the same time she makes you think."
--"Denver Post"
"[Lamott] can capture the bliss and beauty of tiny emotional events in a few perfect words, then skewer her own worst impulses with brutal hilarity."
--"Bust"
"Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration. [Her] real genius lies in capturing the ineffable, describing not perfect moments, but imperfect ones...perfectly. She is nothing short of miraculous."
--"The New Yorker"
"Anne Lamott has married a razor-sharp wit to a disarming spiritual sincerity. A ferociously smart, droll, and original writer."
--"Entertainment Weekly"
"Honest, witty essays on the hidden blessings in life...Sage advice on finding beauty and happiness in life despite bad circumstances."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
"An essay collection that tackles tough subjects with sensitive and unblinking honesty...Lamott is refreshingly frank...[and] has the rare ability to weave bracing humor seamlessly with earnest, Christian faith."
--"Publishers Weekly "
Praise for Anne Lamott
"Lamott writes essays...that are howlingly funny mini-sermons, reminding us of what's important in life."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"[Lamott] has a gift for putting into words what it means to accept and ultimately embrace the beauty, mystery, and pain that is life."
--"San Antonio Express-News"
"The wickedly witty and very funny Lamott...makes you laugh at the same time she makes you think."
--"Denver Post"
"[Lamott] can capture the bliss and beauty of tiny emotional events in a few perfect words, then skewer her own worst impulses with brutal hilarity."
--"Bust"
"Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration. [Her] real genius lies in capturing the ineffable, describing not perfect moments, but imperfect ones...perfectly. She is nothing short of miraculous."
--"The New Yorker"
"Anne Lamott has married a razor-sharp wit to a disarming spiritual sincerity. A ferociously smart, droll, and original writer."
--"Entertainment Weekly"