Operating Instructions Anne Lamott

From its publication in 1993, Anne Lamott’s book “Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year” became an essential companion for many new parents. Lamott’s readers then followed her from ...

Bestselling author Anne Lamott gave Hoda Kotb one of her favorite "operating instructions": "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including you." Lamott, the third ...

In Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year (1993), Lamott humorously and poignantly chronicled the sometimes painful, often joyful ups and downs of raising her son, Sam, as a single ...

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Without Anne Lamott, the entire sub-category of contemporary parent writing — which includes Brett Paesel, Christie Mellor, Ayun Halliday as well as all those mommy bloggers — probably wouldn’t exist.

The Washington Post: What Anne Lamott learned about love from becoming a grandparent

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‘Somehow’ shows off the author’s gift for writing powerfully, deeply, often radically, while appealing to just about everyone The title of Anne Lamott’s 20th book is also an apt descriptor of the ...

Today: Hoda is 'Making Space' for grace with bestselling author Anne Lamott

The Daily Northwestern: Bestselling author Anne Lamott talks new book, transformative power of love

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When Anne Lamott was 37 and was trying on clothes with her best friend, Lamott asked the friend if her dress made her hips look too big. “Annie, you don’t have that kind of time,” Lamott’s friend said ...

Without Anne Lamott, the entire sub-category of contemporary parent writing — which includes Brett Paesel, Christie Mellor, Ayun Halliday as well as all those mommy bloggers — probably ...