false 91700 14 906539 2002 Blue Shoe total:2089|5:219|4:572|3:812|2:376|1:110| 2089 6681 2524 258 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 1 2 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 23 12:27:36 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:00:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 2 1 true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Feb 18 20:16:27 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 20:16:27 -0800 2008
Summary
Single mom Mattie has moved into her family’s old home with her kids Ella and Harry. She grew up here with father Alfred, now dead; mother Isa; and brother Al, now married to Katherine. She makes improvements on the house and property which bri...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 4 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 13:32:07 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 14:03:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 2 1 false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 09:58:39 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 20:49:29 -0800 2008
Anne Lamott is such an incredibly talented and honest writer, but this is a big unwieldy mess of a book. There are little gems in the writing, in the characterizations, and in the telling ...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 2 2 false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 04:10:34 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 18:35:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 3 0 true Sun May 24 20:16:08 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 20:43:15 -0700 2009
the book was pretty painful, how people can close their eyes to so much just to get by. How sad it is when childhoods are ripped apart. Ella's bitin...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 2 1 false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 03 18:55:34 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 18:55:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 4 0 false Sun Dec 28 20:11:35 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 15:22:22 -0800 2008 "Hurt people hurt other people. That's the way it works."
- Blue Shoe

Anne Lamott is one of my favorite writers, but until this book I had never read any of her fiction. I first discovered Anne Lamott when my first daughter was born. Operating Instructions is a fabulous boo...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 5 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 20:58:33 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 14:31:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 4 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 09:45:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 16:26:44 -0700 2009
However. When I first read this book--abou...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 3 0 false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 17:43:35 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 16:46:37 -0700 2009
after a few days tho, i realized what this book was missing: the author i dont think has kids of her own. no matter how smart and...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 14:17:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 14:30:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 2 0 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:32:10 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 05:44:40 -0700 2009 Bird by Bird Some Instructions on Writing and Life to just about every person I've ever spoken with about writing, I realized it might be time to read some of her fiction. How did I know that she wasn't a case of "those that can't do, teach"? The problem with...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 4 0 false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 12:46:39 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 12:58:47 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 3 1 false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 23:31:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 18:40:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 4 0 false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 18:48:32 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 16:27:02 -0700 2009 1
This splendid Novel moves slowly through Mattie's post-divorce years and follows her gradual emo...more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 3 1 false Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 01 08:25:09 -0700 2007 Fri May 23 06:19:05 -0700 2008 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 3 0 false Sat Feb 07 02:35:46 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 15:29:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 2 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 17 17:18:07 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 17:23:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 91700 1573223425 9781573223423 2027 245 3.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171233739m/91700.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91700.Blue_Shoe 3 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 00:54:42 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 01:01:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=921986