Anne Lamott is an author of several novels and works of non-fiction. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her novels have had many autobiographical elements. She has written about such personal subjects as alcoholism, single motherhood, and Christianity, often including strong doses of humor. She has appealed to many fans because of her sense of humor, and her outspoken views on topics such as her left-of-center politics and her Christian faith. The San Francisco Bay Area, sometimes referred to as The Bay Area or The Bay, is a metropolitan area that lies along the San Francisco Bay. ... Polish propaganda poster saying: Stop drinking! Come with us build happy tomorrows. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as portrayed in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ...
Whether Lamott is writing about a friend's slow death from cancer or learning to be buddies with her cottage-cheese thighs, the message is the same: It really doesn't matter how messy life is--or we are, for that matter--it's about finding grace in the mess.
Lamott brings that same razor-sharp honesty and ribald humor to yet another institution that has suffered dearly from what I like to think of as the "Kathy Lee Gifford Syndrome." Lamott dives right into the wrestling match and lets us watch the bodyslams and half-Nelsons between conviction and cowardice.
Lamott, along with Nora Gallagher (Things Seen and Unseen) and Kathleen Norris (Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith), is part of the new wave of "church-lit" memoirists and essayists who reflect on rediscovered faith in the age of secularism.
AnneLamott is the author of five critically praised previous novels: the national bestseller CROOKED LITTLE HEART (1997), ALL NEW PEOPLE (1989), JOE JONES (1985), ROSIE (1983), and HARD LAUGHTER (1980).
Lamott is refreshingly non-cyber and she can make you laugh and cry in the space of a few paragraphs." A past recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, Lamott has taught at the University of California at Davis and at writing conferences across the country.
Lamott wrote her first novel for her father, the writer Kenneth Lamott, when he was diagnosed with brain cancer.
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