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Genre/Form: | Autobiography Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lamott, Anne. Traveling mercies. New York : Pantheon Books, ©1999 (OCoLC)607131261 |
Named Person: | Anne Lamott; Anne Lamott; Anne Lamott |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Anne Lamott |
ISBN: | 0679442405 9780679442400 9780385496094 0385496095 |
OCLC Number: | 39700771 |
Description: | x, 275 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Overture: Lily Pads -- Mountain, Valley, Sky -- Knocking on Heaven's Door -- Ladders -- Mountain Birthday -- Church, People, Steeple -- Ashes -- Why I Make Sam Go to Church -- Traveling Mercies -- Tribe -- Fields -- Forgiveness -- Grace -- Kids, Some Sick -- Barn Raising -- Tummler's Dog -- Hearthcake -- Body and Soul -- Gypsies -- The Mole -- Thirst -- Hunger -- The Aunties -- Family -- Mom -- Dad -- Sister -- Baby -- Shore and Ground -- A Man Who Was Mean to His Dog -- Into Thin Mud -- Altar. |
Responsibility: | Anne Lamott. |
More information: |
Abstract:
The author describes the lifelong process through which she came to believe in God, discussing the battles she fought with alcohol, food disorders, and the loss of loved ones, and following her search for the spiritual path.
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