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I've been a huge fan of Anne Lamott ever since my wife introduced me to her books about four years ago. Our family spent several years going through a very difficult time--my oldest son's addiction--and reading Anne's books has been like therapy to me. This may sound silly, but I often times consider Anne to be my higher power. Her writing is so honest, thought provoking, and profound, full of themes like hope, faith, grace, family, and gratitude. (She is the reason I have "HOPE" and "FAITH" tattooed on my arms.) She also has a wicked sense of humor. For me the connection to Anne is there on so many levels.
"Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace" is a collection of new essays and selected pieces from Anne's older books. Through these essays Anne assures us that we can prevail over the pain and suffering in our lives, and that these small victories change us--for the better--along the way. While the stories she tells are about her own life, so much of what Anne writes resonates with me. (I went through almost a whole pad of Sticky Notes marking passages I don't want to forget.) Her take on the world is so refreshing and she writes about spirituality without making you feel like you're being hit over the head with a Bible.
For example, in "Forgiven" Anne writes:
"The Scripture reading came from the sixth chapter of Luke: 'Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.' Now, try as I might, I cannot find a loophole in that. It does not say, 'Forgive everyone, unless they've said something rude about your child.' And it doesn't even say, 'Just try.' It says, If you want to be forgiven, if you want to experience that kind of love, you have to forgive everyone in your life--everyone, even the very worst boyfriend you ever had--even, for God's sake, yourself.Read more ›
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This was good - I read it for my reading group, and would probably have not picked it up otherwise, so it's great when a book lands in your lap at the right time. Early on, the author talks about grief and dealing with death; my Grandfather passed away a month prior to my picking up this book and it helped - not a lot - but it helped a bit. I have to ask, however, does Ms. Lamott have any friends that are NOT battling a debilitating, life-threatening disease? Everyone was sick. Everyone. All of these stories were sad with bits of happiness and, like the title states, moments of grace, but I expected the whole book to be a bit more uplifting than it was - based solely on the title.
I loved how the book's chapters were all different stories, about different friends, family, and times in the author's life - she's definitely dealt with and overcome a lot of obstacles. She made me laugh out loud a few times and she almost made me cry. I absolutely loved her outlook on religion - I highlighted MANY passages that really spoke to me. Beautifully written lines that were meaningful, made me question where I stand on religion, yet were never preachy. I think she and I could have a great discussion over cup of coffee.
A quick and easy read - read it when you're happy OR sad. I think you'll be glad you did.
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Anne Lamott has a gift for seeing spiritual significance in almost any situation. In her latest book, Small Victories, she succeeds in encouraging the reader to stay present, to live with faith, to keep a sense of humor. But honestly, I would love more from Ms. Lamott about writing. Bird By Bird is one of the best writing resources out there, and I want more. I sometimes get bored reading about the many walks she takes, her son, her grandson, her church, her relationship with God. I think she sometimes writes herself into a bubble. She's a wonderful writer, but I'd like to see her venture away from her comfort zone.
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very personal stories and not especially positive except that she gives herself permission to be flawed and have faults and not always respond well to life, and honesty is refreshing, having said that it was like reading someone's journal who I think will probably always be very inside her own head, working things out, and not particularly willing to change, doesn't see the need to, even when she is not particularly happy. Sometimes ridiculous is funny and sometimes ridiculousness is just exhausting.
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I appreciate author Anne Lamott because she writes about faith so simply and directly: “Jesus had an affinity for prisoners. He had been one, after all.” Or she writes something so honest, you just want to hug her because she seems to understand you: “I have sometimes considered writing a book called All the People I Still Hate: A Christian Perspective, but readers would recoil.”
So I loved her collection of essays, Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace. Lamott just has a way of finding truth — and humor — in otherwise bland everyday moments like skiing poorly and airplane turbulence. Reading her work is like sipping tea; I joyfully savor it.
My favorite pieces in the book were “Forgiven,” about her Enemy Lite, a seemingly perfect parent of another child in her son’s first grade class, and “Dad” which moved me to tears when she wrote about reading her father’s journal decades after his death. I also enjoyed “Matches,” about online dating (most of the time, I feel Lamott is my simpatico, but when she wrote that sex “is not on the women’s bucket lists. I’m sorry to have to tell you this,” I literally said out loud, “Ah, no. You are not speaking for all women”).
One other small niggle: She regularly railed against President George W. Bush (apparently a number of the essays were written during his administration). I don’t particularly like him either, but her strongly negative feelings sometimes got in the way of her point. I began to wonder if the title of the book was a statement about the 2000 election. I imagine some readers might not be able to get past her politics.
Still, if you’re looking for a dose of hope, joy and grace served up with a dash of humor and honesty, you might like Small Victories.
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