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Summary: A worthwhile read
Review: Traveling Mercies is the second book I've read by Anne Lamott. She is as mesmerizing a writer in this as she was in Operating Instructions.I was amazed at her ability to find God in situations where, through our busy-ness, we might overlook Him. She writes in a way that puts you right in the middle of what is happening and what she is feeling. I highly recommend Traveling Mercies for its humor, insight and wisdom.
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful.
Review: An amazing story of Lamott's spiritual journey. A vivid and self-mocking account as Lamott's books often are. I found it wonderfully honest. A word of warning: It contains a lot of four letter words. But don't let them distract you from her very real journey to God.
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Summary: Shockingly Irreverent but Clearly Honest & Christ-centered!
Review: I enjoyed the strange, mildly eccentric reflections in this book. Anne Lamott is not one for conservative feelings or politics but she is very honest and shoots straight from the hip! I was a little put off by the cussing and the bashing of Christians who take the Bible literally. Heaven will be the most 'diverse' place imaginable and it is the likes of Anne Lamott (and weirdos like myself) who will make it intersting! I enjoyed her beat-around-the-bush testimony! A great little book!
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Summary: Interesting spiritual journey
Review: This book trace the spiritual journey of Anne Lamott. What I found most interesting was the level of honesty that she put down on paper. She presented her information without commentary or too much generalization, that is what the reader is supposed to do.
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Summary: Irrereverant and Self-Absorbed
Review: I bought this book hoping to be inspired and moved. At times I was. Mostly, however, I was disappointed in the liberal agenda Anne Lamott seems to have. Anyone who disagrees with her is 'homophobic' or a 'Right-Winger'. Is she any better by labeling people this way? No. I don't think so. Her introspection is limited, or maybe it is too intense. She has a very shallow view of the world. Loving only those who love in return, hating anything Republican, avoiding Fundamentalist Christians as though they are all rabid vermin. I was disappointed with her limited vision and her quasi-intellectualizing of the Christian faith. I'm sure she is a beautiful person and I feel sorry for her. I believe her intentions were truly good in writing this book. I wish she had been less vague and 'transcendental' in her approach.
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Summary: Shockingly Irreverent but Christ-centered!
Review: Annie Lamott shows us the modern path to Christ in this twisted, comical, and grossly honest book! Not for the timid reader but still for the Christian who wishes to read about experiences vastly different than their own. Annie supports abortion, homosexuality, and Feminism. She does not hide her support of these causes, she only claims to have found Christ in the midst of them. No one can deny that she is HONEST, in fact, she is what I would call a HARDCORE HONESTY JUNKIE. She does not pretend to be something she is not. She brings a whole new dimension to the Gospel of Grace! The beauty is that God does love her, as he loves each of us regardless of our upbringing, political position, and/or emotinal stability. A surprisingly inspirational book!
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Summary: This book changed my life.
Review: I bought this book the day that I found out my father had terminal cancer. The writing is insightful, touching, funny and amazingly human. Without this book, that next year would have been a completely different experience. Tonight I found myself, over three years later, reading excerpts to a friend over the phone. I came to Amazon.com tonight to send her a link to this page, so she can get a copy for herself. After all, I wouldn't give mine up for the world.
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Summary: A blessing about blessings
Review: Annie Lamott is extremely gifted - funny, touching, insightful, and (above all) real. How often can one say (using and old warhorse of a review (bordering on parody), "I laughed! I cried!" and then go to earnestly say "I was moved, not just emotionally but spiritually." We all have different jouneys and paths of the spirit. Travelling down Lamott's road with her has enhanced my view of my own. I'm grateful.
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Summary: Restores your faith...
Review: This book restored my faith in writing and in the wisdom that pain brings. It's funny and spiritual and comfortable yet it pushes you a little out of your comfort zones. She has a very paradoxical faith that resists easy categroies which shows that she is really honest. How many of us fit in to these models, really? Liberal, evangelical, relativist, absolutist, Darwinist, creationist (young earth or old???) we all deep down are walking contradictions. Ms. Lamott's writing focuses on the experiences she went through with an honesty that resists these models. She's messy, like the rest of us when we are in the dark. And Jesus still loves her and the rest of us, even when we are at our messiest. Read this book. You wont regret it!
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Summary: Should be in every hotel room nightstand!
Review: Many's the time when I was on the road on writing assignments -- depressed, exhausted, eating Kettle Crisps from the minibar because I didn't know how else to fill the boredom. I for one wish there were a copy of this delightful book in each hotel room, right next to the Gideon Bible. Except people would steal them... perhaps there should be a chain attached, like on phone books. Traveling Mercies is warm, hilarious, self deprecating and life affirming; it reminds us with finely crafted prose why we are here on this planet. There are one or two "reviewers" who have been lobbing vicious hand grenades at Ms. Lamott's sites, but no matter, for this book is clearly a winner -- just wonderful. Another bestseller from one of America's most cherished authors. Lammot RULES, and so does Traveling Mercies -- which I have given as a gift to everyone I know with a heart.
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