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 handed it off to me, and the other children's librarian (hi Anina!) in my branch also said that she had read and liked it.

There are 7 sections of 2 or 3 essays apiece. I absolutely loved the first 3. The 4th, Forgivishness, annoyed me. I guess in a good way, because I kept reading, and I'm now on the 6th section, which has already brought tears to my eyes. Took me 3 days to completely finish this (late last night). When I woke up this morning, I was looking forward to reading some more. I think this is the first time I have "missed" a collection of essays. I Love it! Luckily, she's published other books of essays! 4 1/2 stars.