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The New York Times Bestseller from the beloved author of Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost Everything
Mattie Ryder is marvelously neurotic, well-intentioned, funny, religious, sarcastic, tender, angry, and broke. Her life at the moment is a wreck: her marriage has failed, her mother is failing, her house is rotting, her waist is expanding, her children are misbehaving, and she has a crush on a married man. Then she finds a small rubber blue shoe—nothing more than a gumball trinket—left behind by her father. For Mattie, it becomes a talisman—a chance to recognize the past for what it was, to see the future as she always hoped it could be, and to finally understand her family, herself, and the ever-unfolding mystery of her sweet, sad, and sometimes surprising life.
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"I like Anne Lamott's books. This is the first novel of hers that I have read and it was an interesting read (but I still like her essays more). She has captured the life of someone who is raising children at the same time as she is dealing with an elderly parent. I would recommend this book."
— Corrine (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Anne Lamott's strength is not fiction, but I sent this to my cousin's wife who is a tennis buff. "
— Sally, 2/15/2014 -
" I just love Anne Lamott. "
— Liz, 2/13/2014 -
" Nothing good to say about this one, sorry. "
— Martha, 2/10/2014 -
" Lamott tries to be soulful and quirky, but her writing is just quirky. "
— Lisa, 1/27/2014 -
" rather disappointing, but i don't regret reading it. "
— Sneha, 11/12/2013 -
" The first third of the book was deadly dull - merely this happened and then that happened - but slowly the characters took shape, the prose became more poignant, and there were many moments of insight. By the time I was half-way through, I could not put the book down. "
— Kathy, 11/8/2013 -
" Some good, some bad. A quick read. "
— Nancy, 10/12/2013 -
" I am giving this book 3 stars, because i know i read it but still i remember very little of it. "
— Melissa, 10/8/2013 -
" I loved this book. Messy,wonderful, not a perfect family. It hit home because of the "my Mom is getting old" theme. Her writing is very lyrical and filled with great imagery. "
— Marianne, 9/20/2013 -
" Love her style of writing, she made me laugh out loud over just the most ordinary things that happen in life. "
— Anna, 7/26/2013 -
" A little weird but I liked it. "
— Cheryl, 7/6/2013
About Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott is the author of twenty books, including nonfiction and novels and several New York Times bestsellers. She is a past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is an inductee to the California Hall of Fame.
About Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington is an audiobook narrator with over two hundred titles to her credit and a winner of multiple Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks. She has performed and directed for thirty years in theaters throughout the country. In addition to her extensive theater and voice-over work, she teaches college in her home state of Michigan.