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She has a book about writing called Bird by B...more...]]> 73507583 1333177 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 4 0 false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 08:54:28 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 09:04:58 -0700 2009 bird by bird (occasional religious asides notwithstanding). i'd heard good things about this book, a journal/memoir she wrote during her first year of parenthood. the book spans the fall of 1989 to the fall on 1990 as lamott r...more...]]> 54058201 1664750 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 5 0 false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 17:03:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:42:13 -0700 2009
What Lamott did was courageously and honestly docu...more...]]> 56918343 104981 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 5 0 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 20:13:41 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 20:24:54 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 56910198 2286434 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:49:15 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:56:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 10641737 372363 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 5 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 13:09:58 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 12:38:23 -0800 2007 ...more...]]> 71546996 449180 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 3 0 false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:44:37 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:44:37 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 25259148 171233 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 3 3 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 18:07:29 -0700 2008 Wed May 27 11:59:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49811994 2144084 12540 1400079098 9781400079094 651 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427m/12540.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504427s/12540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12540.Operating_Instructions_A_Journal_of_My_Son_s_First_Year 4.19 3609 1993 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:36:48 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 17:24:30 -0700 2009
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