Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
£14.42
Sadlly hyped...so dissappointed - Read a really good quote....saw reviews...heard others rave about it....but so NOT interesting....self-absorbed...shallow wishy washy spirituality presented...I confess I couldn t even finish it...life is too short to read something uninteresting and uninspiring...and btw...why so many people found it funny?? sorry...maybe the next one Anne writes...
poster child for fine writing - I DO care about your dreadlocks, annie. well, ok, not your hair exactly -- but your wonderfully adroit and compassionate way of writing about hair, thighs, love, death, disease, and yes -- even God(not necessarily in that order). I adored this book, especially the pieces entitled TRAVELLING MERCIES and TRIBE -- but then I m splitting hairs :) or dreads -- because the entire book is finely crafted and superb. the bitter will spew venom in your general direction as a way to alleviate their own suffering, no doubt -- success, especially a woman s success, is hard for some to swallow. I suggest a rest cure and/or Ginko for those who would throw stones at a talented author who has never been grandiose or posing -- just real. I m sure the (thankfully few) naysayers will have a chance for a complete and cleansing rebuttal when their own books get published by Hyperion.
A VERY good read! - I am writing beacuse I fear that the recent negative comments will dissuade others from reaping the joy that is possible from reading this book. Her chapter on forgiveness had me laughing and crying, it alone is worth the price of the book - were it legal, I would copy that chapter for my family and friends. Instead, I am ordering them all copies of this treasure. This is my first book by Lamott and I look forward to reading more. For all who are taking part in their spiritual journey...
Lots of Detail: - This was more autobiographical than I expected, Anne has had an awful lot of trauma / challenges in her life - whew! But I think that other people s life challenges are interesting and I can pull value from others faith journeys. Some of the minutiae was tedious . . . but the overall journey was absorbing!
Poster Child for the ME ME ME Generation - Easily, the WORST book I have ever read. Annie Lamott is the most self-absorbed person in print. Even Gore Vidal, a great writer but one of the world s most arrogant people, writes in his memoir about events in his life from a worldly point of view, as opposed to Lamott s self-saturated me me me point of view. I have been a regular reader of Lamott s. Given that three of her last four books are all about HER, and given that each one is increasingly more self-absorbed and self-pitying, I am not about to pick up another one of her books ever again. Her fixation on herself is getting tired and boring.(Here s a radical idea: Nobody CARES about your dreadlocks, Anne!)