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Small victories : spotting improbable moments of grace / Anne Lamott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014Description: 286 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1594486298
  • 9781594486296
Other title:
  • Spotting improbable moments of grace
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Contents:
Victory lap -- Companions. The book of welcome ; Ladders ; Forgiven ; Trail ducks ; 'Joice to the world ; Matches -- Families. Sustenance ; Dad ; Ashes ; This dog's life ; Mom, part one : Noraht ; Mom, part two : Nikki ; Brotherman -- Airborne. Ski patrol ; Knocking on heaven's door ; Dear old friend ; Barn raising ; Falling better -- Ground. Voices ; Ham of God ; The last waltz ; Pirates ; Market Street.
Summary: Anne Lamott writes about community, family, and faith in essays that are both wise and irreverent. Now Lamott offers a message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardships and pain may be small, they may be infrequent, but they keep us going and they often come from the most unexpected places: within ourselves. Lamott shows how we can forgive thoughtless family members; spotlights the value of turning toward love even in the most hopeless situations (the death of a loved one, a cancer diagnosis), and shows how to find the joy in getting lost in traffic while racing to the aid of a sick friend.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Help, Thanks, Wow , Hallelujah Anyway , Almost Everything , and Dusk, Night, Dawn . Lamott's long-awaited collection of new and selected essays on hope, joy, and grace.

Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent. It's an approach that has become her trademark. Now in Small Victories , Lamott offers a new message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardship and pain may seem small, she writes, but they change us--our perceptions, our perspectives, and our lives. Lamott writes of forgiveness, restoration, and transformation, how we can turn toward love even in the most hopeless situations, how we find the joy in getting lost and our amazement in finally being found.

Profound and hilarious, honest and unexpected, the stories in Small Victories are proof that the human spirit is irrepressible.

Victory lap -- Companions. The book of welcome ; Ladders ; Forgiven ; Trail ducks ; 'Joice to the world ; Matches -- Families. Sustenance ; Dad ; Ashes ; This dog's life ; Mom, part one : Noraht ; Mom, part two : Nikki ; Brotherman -- Airborne. Ski patrol ; Knocking on heaven's door ; Dear old friend ; Barn raising ; Falling better -- Ground. Voices ; Ham of God ; The last waltz ; Pirates ; Market Street.

Anne Lamott writes about community, family, and faith in essays that are both wise and irreverent. Now Lamott offers a message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardships and pain may be small, they may be infrequent, but they keep us going and they often come from the most unexpected places: within ourselves. Lamott shows how we can forgive thoughtless family members; spotlights the value of turning toward love even in the most hopeless situations (the death of a loved one, a cancer diagnosis), and shows how to find the joy in getting lost in traffic while racing to the aid of a sick friend.

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