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108th out of 919 books
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Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
by
Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author)
The sharp, funny, and heartfelt follow-up to her bestselling Plan B, Anne Lamott's newest collection is a personal exploration of the faith and grace all around us.
In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Lamott examines the ways we're caught in life's most daunting predicaments: love, mothering, work, politics, and maybe toughest of all, evolving from who we are to who...more
In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Lamott examines the ways we're caught in life's most daunting predicaments: love, mothering, work, politics, and maybe toughest of all, evolving from who we are to who...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
March 20th 2007
by Riverhead Hardcover
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Annie, we need to talk.
First of all, why do you keep telling the same stories and quips over and over, repeating yourself like a demented party guest? Remember Jesus drinking gin straight out of the cat dish? Let's get back to that type of hilarious creativity. But let us never speak of Jesus as a 13 year old punk again. It was funny the first time in Plan B. When you brought it up in this very next book, verbatim, I physically cringed.
Also, nature is lovely and healing and all, but I got bored...more
First of all, why do you keep telling the same stories and quips over and over, repeating yourself like a demented party guest? Remember Jesus drinking gin straight out of the cat dish? Let's get back to that type of hilarious creativity. But let us never speak of Jesus as a 13 year old punk again. It was funny the first time in Plan B. When you brought it up in this very next book, verbatim, I physically cringed.
Also, nature is lovely and healing and all, but I got bored...more
Hmmmm. . .I noticed a lot of really negative reviews about this book by folks who are Anne Lamott fans. I did enjoy it and, yes, as other reviewers noted it is more of the same of what we were given in Traveling Mercies & Plan B, but I don't know that I would expect anything different from her.
The reviews that were negative sounded to me as if folks expected Lamott to reveal some sort of progressive "improvement" in her approach to life--instead she is honest about her daily struggles to be...more
The reviews that were negative sounded to me as if folks expected Lamott to reveal some sort of progressive "improvement" in her approach to life--instead she is honest about her daily struggles to be...more
I keep reading Anne LaMott to reassure myself that my deep, dark aetheist soul can read about religion without wanting to throw something across the room. Kind of a hodge-podge of essays with the humility and confession we've come to expect but not exactly cohesive or anything, it has a slapped together feel. Whatever, after reading tales of her years of struggle, go on, make as much money as you can or want to Anne.
I just became aware that there was an Anne Lamott book, a new one, that I haven't read yet. Old enough to be out in paperback. So I picked it up at the beach and read it in an afternoon/evening (finished at midnight).
I truly love Anne Lamott, and so I suppose I am willing to be more forgiving of this book, just like you overlook the faults of a family member because they're usually a lot of fun to be with. Anne Lamott is usually someone who keeps me in stitches, but I think I only managed a few...more
I truly love Anne Lamott, and so I suppose I am willing to be more forgiving of this book, just like you overlook the faults of a family member because they're usually a lot of fun to be with. Anne Lamott is usually someone who keeps me in stitches, but I think I only managed a few...more
I have been a die-hard Anne Lamott fan for the past 12+ years. Maybe this is a case of listening to your favorite album in high school over and over until you just can't hear it one more time. (Good God did I just type the word album?) I started this book and Lamott still writes with her great sarcastic wit, profound spirituality, and honesty intermixed with her parenting struggles, but this time, despite the many pieces of good spiritual advice I came across, I found myself shirking from readin...more
I listened to the audio version of this book and I really enjoyed it. Anne Lamott is a true holy-roller, but she is also pro-choice, anti-Bush, anti-war and ant-establishment, which makes her writing a delight. She has a clever wit and is self-deprecatory in a sincere and charming way. She has such funny descriptions of people, animals and situations. For example, she talks about her dog bounding on the path as if they were in Scotland wearing kilts; describes a man she finds odious by saying, h...more
Jan 22, 2009
Laura
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
No one!
Recommended to Laura by:
I wish I could remember
Shelves:
no-interest-in-finishing
This is the first book by Anne Lamott I have tried reading, and it is also the last! Her thoughts on faith seem to me more like thoughts about herself. I don't understand how thoughts on faith can have so little to do with God or Jesus. I wasn't finding the book particularly interesting or inspiring, but thought I would keep reading. Then I came to the chapters about how she once assisted with a suicide and how she adamantly supports abortion, and even seems proud to have had more than one. I kn...more
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"Grace (Eventually)" is an exploration of that ever-tricky, ever-wonderful religious concept of grace, told in Lamott's signature style of sharp, painfully funny personal essays.
I give this a rating of three only because her political diatribes significantly detracted from the main point for me - not for the author, I should add, whose deeply felt belief in liberal social justice is intertwined with her faith. I admire that even as I find myself disagreeing with a lot of it and wishing she woul...more
I give this a rating of three only because her political diatribes significantly detracted from the main point for me - not for the author, I should add, whose deeply felt belief in liberal social justice is intertwined with her faith. I admire that even as I find myself disagreeing with a lot of it and wishing she woul...more
Anne Lamott has written a series of essays dealing with faith within the context of the realities of daily life that makes readers feel as if she has been where they are in their spiritual journeys. While many of the same topics crop up in these essays as in previous books--Anne's family, her addictions, and her politics, in this volume, love, charity, empathy, and forgiveness take center stage. Anne confesses that she has even stopped hating some of her prime targets, saying, "I don't hate anyo...more
If I didn't disagree with her so completely on the abortion issue,
I would probably have given this book 5 stars!
Seriously, this book is incredible
for it honesty, its humor, and its deep faith.
Ann Moffat is a Christian, but not in the simplistic way
reflected in so many "Christian" books.
Hers is a faith that emerges in the midst of life's messiness -
the messiness of her own life,
marred with alcohol, drugs, promiscuity, and abortions;
and by a difficult childhood and a mother with whom she continu...more
I would probably have given this book 5 stars!
Seriously, this book is incredible
for it honesty, its humor, and its deep faith.
Ann Moffat is a Christian, but not in the simplistic way
reflected in so many "Christian" books.
Hers is a faith that emerges in the midst of life's messiness -
the messiness of her own life,
marred with alcohol, drugs, promiscuity, and abortions;
and by a difficult childhood and a mother with whom she continu...more
She’s one of the sweetest, funniest, people I’ve ever met. Not that I’ve ever really met Anne, but having seen her speak and work a small group, I feel that I know her nonetheless. That’s how personal she is, both in print and in presence. The title of Grace (Eventually), Thoughts on Faith sounds a little like a philosophical/theological treatise. In truth, there is a healthy dose of both philosophy and theology, but none of it is abstract or academic. It’s all wrapped in anecdotal packages tha...more
I'd wanted to read Anne Lamott for some time (I suppose since first reading one of my favorite essays of all time, by Kim Thomas and entitled "Dirt" when her phrase "Anne Lamott-level traumas" stuck in my brain). It was one of those thousands of names that was always floating around like I should probably check it out. So when I saw Grace Eventually on the Bargain Books rack at B&N, I picked it up.
I don't know if you've ever read Anne Lamott. She writes in this manic, over-caffeinated, and...more
I don't know if you've ever read Anne Lamott. She writes in this manic, over-caffeinated, and...more
I found a new author! Well, new to me. I love libraries. I love books! (see the connection?) I love libraries that always have books to sell. Where I live there are 5 public libraries within 2 miles of me! (heaven!) 1 of them in particular always has a nice selection of books for sale and often I meet new "friends" there. Anne Lamott is one of them. I was only a page or two into this book when I found myself laughing out loud!
(I should say that I am waiting for my son who is beginning OGT testi...more
(I should say that I am waiting for my son who is beginning OGT testi...more
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Keeping the faith
With humor, frustration Anne Lamott continues her search for spirituality
Jenny Shank, Special to the News
Published March 23, 2007 at midnight
In her new essay collection, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott extends the chronicle of her spiritual journey that she began with Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith and continued with Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. Despite her recent emergence as a font of spiritual wisdom,...more
Keeping the faith
With humor, frustration Anne Lamott continues her search for spirituality
Jenny Shank, Special to the News
Published March 23, 2007 at midnight
In her new essay collection, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott extends the chronicle of her spiritual journey that she began with Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith and continued with Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. Despite her recent emergence as a font of spiritual wisdom,...more
If nothing else, Anne Lamott's non-fiction is both brutally and (at times) hysterically honest. This book is a series of personal essays on the topic of grace and how she finds grace in the world, often when she's least expecting it because she's behaving in a less-than-grace-worthy fashion. That's where the brutal honesty comes in, and it's therefore easy to relate to many of her accounts since we all have our less than stellar, total bitch-y moments. A major theme in this book is that it is at...more
Just reading the other reviews of this book took me on an emotional roller coaster--since I agreed with much of the praise as well as the criticism--so you can imagine what reading the book did. Anne Lamott is one of the most gifted writers I've known, with a unique voice and unusual blend of vivid intensity, self-deprecating humor, and raw honesty about her own neuroses and judgmental attitudes, swirled around with a "born again" faith and intense willingness to fight for most underdogs. I can'...more
A lot of the reviews I've read of this book from fans of Lamott's are rather harsh, so perhaps it works out in my favor that I'm going into this totally unfarmiliar with her work. As a newcomer, I really enjoyed it, even though it wasn't entirely what I was expecting.
Lamott has a unique, lyrical, absolutely beautiful style of writing that instantly draws the reader in. It's clear that she tries to see joy in everything and everyone (part of one essay is devoted to her- sucessful, I might add- a...more
Lamott has a unique, lyrical, absolutely beautiful style of writing that instantly draws the reader in. It's clear that she tries to see joy in everything and everyone (part of one essay is devoted to her- sucessful, I might add- a...more
I seem to have forgotten to add this book to my book log, probably because as soon as I finished it, I started reading it again. I can’t write rationally about Lamott anyway; it’s like trying to write logically about your first junior high crush when you are thirteen. Here’s my truth about her: I try to get her books on the day they come out…I read them once and then I read them again…I try to find them on audio and listen to them again…I force other people to read her books, even agnostic frien...more
Apr 22, 2009
Leah
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
non-obnoxious christians, atheists who want examples of non-obnoxious christians
I know that everything about this book should say RUN! RUN! The author is a recovering alchoholic, born-again Christian, hippie from Northern California *with dreaklocks!*. Aparently, she and Derrick Jensen have a lot of drama, which is, of course, utterly hilarious.
But don't be swayed by crabby Ol'Derrick's accusations that she is a vapid liberal.
Anne Lamont is intensely likable, unprentious, self-depracting and goofy. I don't even hate her for being a former coke head or a current hippie...more
But don't be swayed by crabby Ol'Derrick's accusations that she is a vapid liberal.
Anne Lamont is intensely likable, unprentious, self-depracting and goofy. I don't even hate her for being a former coke head or a current hippie...more
I picked this up at the Book Stop at the library on impulse. In fact, I picked it twice. I returned it once, unread, then saw it again a few weeks later. It is a collection of essays loosely about faith and other topics. A couple of my favorite excerpts:
“My friend Father Tom says that when we appear before God, God will say, “I love you very much. I forgive you all your crap. Now go clean up your mess, and then come into heaven, because lunch is waiting.””
“We were there to celebrate some of the...more
“My friend Father Tom says that when we appear before God, God will say, “I love you very much. I forgive you all your crap. Now go clean up your mess, and then come into heaven, because lunch is waiting.””
“We were there to celebrate some of the...more
Now THIS is the kind of book I would write, if I were ever to be a writer. Full of large and small truths and honest interpretations of life. Anne meanders sometimes through her passages - but usually gets back to the point. You allow yourself to be patient for her message because she's often interjecting humor. Cool author - would love to have conversation & lunch with her...she's tapped into the everyday ordinary yet has an eye for the profound. Anyway, loved the book - so enthused I'd li...more
Yesterday was a difficult 6 year anniversary, as well as a difficult one-week anniversary. Lamott's essays about faith were a soothing balm, and I gobbled up about half of this book on and off, as I did other things yesterday afternoon. It came to me in a weird way, too, in that another librarian at my branch had put a hold on it, because she had forgotten that she had already read it. I stuck a note in it last Saturday when I saw her hold, asking her to let me know how it was. Yesterday she han...more
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Jun 13, 2009
Bridget
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anne Lamott fans of her more recent works
Shelves:
2009-reads
I will admit that in the end, I was slightly disappointed in this book. I have read a few of Anne Lamott's early works, and always really enjoyed them. This one, which consists of several different pieces that are grouped by similarity of topic, was just not what I was hoping it would be.
These are all things written from the standpoint of Lamott once she has stopped using drugs and alcohol, and has become more involved in her Chritian beliefs. There were a couple of pieces that evoked her earli...more
These are all things written from the standpoint of Lamott once she has stopped using drugs and alcohol, and has become more involved in her Chritian beliefs. There were a couple of pieces that evoked her earli...more
I found this book to be more of a therapeutic journal and less of a book that pertains to faith. Her style has always been quite different from other writers in her genre, yet I found this book to have little to do with 'grace.' If the author told you in the preface that she is a bad mother, struggles with relationships, and is passionate about politics you would've known what the book was about. I love this author so it is hard for me to say ... I don't recommend.
I absolutely loved this book. I read it in a day, although, to be fair, some pages are blank since all chapters/essays start on the right page.
This is my first book by Lamott. I knew nothing about her before reading, but it was recommended by so many of my friends, I was intrigued. I borrowed it from the library, but wish I had bought it. It would be marked and highlighted and flagged all over. As it was, I settled for copying down my favorite passages.
I expected a very light, happy, and (I sa...more
This is my first book by Lamott. I knew nothing about her before reading, but it was recommended by so many of my friends, I was intrigued. I borrowed it from the library, but wish I had bought it. It would be marked and highlighted and flagged all over. As it was, I settled for copying down my favorite passages.
I expected a very light, happy, and (I sa...more
The following poem by Lisel Mueller, which appears at the beginning of this book, is what I remember most.
monet refuses the operation
Doctor, you say there are no halos
around the streetlights in Paris
and what I see is an aberration
caused by old age, an affliction.
I tell you it has taken me all my life
to arrive at the vision of gas lamps as angels,
to soften and blur and finally banish
the edges you regret I don’t see,
to learn that the line I called the horizon
does not exist and sky and water,
so lon...more
monet refuses the operation
Doctor, you say there are no halos
around the streetlights in Paris
and what I see is an aberration
caused by old age, an affliction.
I tell you it has taken me all my life
to arrive at the vision of gas lamps as angels,
to soften and blur and finally banish
the edges you regret I don’t see,
to learn that the line I called the horizon
does not exist and sky and water,
so lon...more
I loved this audio book. I felt like I was being embraced or wrapped up in a warm cozy blanket while listening to this. It was like therapy. Not everything was fully relatable to my life experience or ways of viewing the world, but the nuggets that were, rang true so deeply that I felt like I know Anne Lamott personally and would love to have her as a friend. There were so many instances when I wanted to shout "yes!" or "exactly!". Grace is a beautiful, beautiful thing, and it's exemplified wond...more
I love the raw, honesty the author presents about her faith.
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
This review is the third of three reviews of books that seem to me go together. Part A is Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and Part B is The Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith. And they are connected in my mind by their interesting, enlightening and unique explorations of the fundamental questions at the center of life. They each show how children motivate people to confront previously unexplored concepts of morality and ethi...more
This review is the third of three reviews of books that seem to me go together. Part A is Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and Part B is The Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith. And they are connected in my mind by their interesting, enlightening and unique explorations of the fundamental questions at the center of life. They each show how children motivate people to confront previously unexplored concepts of morality and ethi...more
I found this book to be not about grace, but about the author telling her story to help herself. She appears to have very little
grace if you don't agree with her political or social views which seem quite narrow minded for a liberal. Implying that George
Bush is responsible for the failed economy and potential closing of the Salinas, CA public libraries is one example. I seriously doubt the poorest town
in California collapsed economically solely during the Bush era. It seems almost a part politic...more
grace if you don't agree with her political or social views which seem quite narrow minded for a liberal. Implying that George
Bush is responsible for the failed economy and potential closing of the Salinas, CA public libraries is one example. I seriously doubt the poorest town
in California collapsed economically solely during the Bush era. It seems almost a part politic...more
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Anne Lamott is an author of several novels and works of non-fiction. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her non-fiction works are largely autobiographical, with strong doses of self-deprecating humor and covering such subjects as alcoholism, single motherhood, and Christianity. She appeals to her fans because of her sense of humor, her deeply felt insights, and her outspoken views on topics such...more
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Your review was excellent.
Of course, I probably wouldn't say that if I disagreed with you. But since I came away from Grace (Eventually) with the...more
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