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Title: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
ISBN: 159448287X
Author:
Anne Lamott
Publicate Date: 2008-02-26
Publish: 2008-02-26
List Price: $14.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Not what the description made it out to be....
I bought this in the airport on a long layover and threw it away 4 chapters in. What I thought would be a nice book about how everyone finds their own faith and grace, was sort of about faith, but I couldn't get past her political hatred.....who cares, this was supposed to be about finding grace, not how she hates George Bush. I found it too distracting, definitely not what I thought it would be.
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2: News to me!
I had never even heard of this author, but somehow...on my bookshelf, there sat "Grace Eventually". I started reading it and found that I was able to relate and experience the author's wisdom and life experiences. I have never had a child, and I admire those who have a good relationship with their offspring. The author shares her love for her son, Sam...He's a lucky guy.
The author does something rarely encountered in contemporary non-fiction, she speaks honestly about the Bush administration with a passionate intelligence that keeps the book from being just another feel good read.
I think you'll like her writing regardless of your political beliefs.
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3: New Lamott Fan
Grace, Eventually is my first experience with Ms. Lamott's writing and it will certainly not be the last. Her self deprecating humor struck a chord and has opened up my own writing to a new dimension.
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4: Should be titled "I Hate Bush and Other Thoughts"
For someone who seems to be very perceptive on human relations and seems to have a very close relationship with Jesus, this woman has a disproportionate and illogical hatred of Bush. Perhaps this comes from only having friends that think as she does. When she is writing about her son and her relatives, she is very good but the passages and one-liners about her Bush hatred are hard to get through. I suppose this sort of writing isi a hoot to her Salon readers but it will date the book quickly. When she writes about abortion she is doctrinaire and pedestrian.
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5: Lessons from Sam, Lily, and Others
What's not to like about Anne Lamott's Grace Eventually? A collection of essays in which she describes moments of spiritual clarity and examples of the divine in daily life, the book is a treasure trove of writings about topics ranging from abortion to euthanasia and lots of good stuff in-between. Through Sam, Lily, her mother, her vast and motley crew of friends, and even those whom she casually encounters, Lamott teaches lots of lessons on grace and love.
Some of the writing made me feel sad (Gertrud's sickness), some mad (the carpet guy), some glad (chirren musings) and some scared (shadows scenario). Although she might irritate and even anger some people with her views on George W. Bush, abortion, and global warming, Lamott makes no claim to be a saint, but rather a person who's doing her best to see God in everything and to do her part in making the world a better place. After assisting with a special-ed dance class and learning that one of the dancers said, "I liked those old ladies! They were helpers, and they danced," Lamott decided on the words that she wanted on her gravestone: "that I was a helper, and that I danced."
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