I had never heard of this author before and I'm not sure how I learned of this book. I listened to the audio version of it read by the author. She is a gifted and enjoyable storyteller. Her stories are both funny and thought provoking. She wrote her feelings about little experiences in her li...
I approached this book with high expectations, which is always a mistake. I love most of Lamott's non-fiction work and had read a positive review or two of Rosie. The first half was hard going and I had to talk myself out of giving up on it more than once. Slow moving and too much detail. It pick...
Anne Lamott is the epitome of the vitriolic, hateful liberal. The catch is that she actually seems to realize it. Throughout Operating Instructions, one finds scatterings of an understanding that there’s something not quite consistent about preaching love, mercy, and non-judgmentalism while simul...
This was fantastic, and I wrote a million notes. For example:I love the description of throwing rats in a jar and watching them scratch. This was a tool for the mind to silence distractors in your life that block you from writing. Also having an acre of land with a fence, and if people come in ...