Almost Everything: Author Anne Lamott
There are few authors who can write about faith, cuss, make me laugh, and cut straight to the heart of the matter as brilliantly and seamlessly as Anne Lamott (adoring fan). Marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness, Lamott’s writings cover such subjects as alcoholism, depression, and Christianity. …”I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paper whites on the windowsill in the kitchen,” Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest – when we are, as she puts it, “doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated” – the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. “All truth is paradox,” Lamott writes, “and this turns out to be a reason for hope. If you arrive at a place in life that is miserable, it will change.” That is the time when we must pledge not to give up but “to do what Wendell Berry wrote: ‘Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.'”
Some Other books written by Anne Lamott:
Help, Thanks, Wow
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair