Traveling Mercies (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne Lamott
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Religion, autobiography, and essays
- Time of Work: The 1950’s to the 1990’s
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Philosophy, Essays
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Religion, 1980’s, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, 1990’s, Hairdressing or hairdressers
- Locales: United States
Novelist and columnist Anne Lamott is the author of seven books, including the highly acclaimed Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (1995) and Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year (1993). A memoir of her son Sam’s first year of life, Operating Instructions traces Lamott’s struggles as she deals with single motherhood within the context of her Christian faith. In Traveling Mercies, Lamott tells the story of how she became a believer and offers moving reflections on how her faith helped her deal with aging, problems...
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