Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

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Penguin, Feb 26, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 272 pages
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost Everything

"Lamott has chronicled her wacky and (sometimes) wild adventures in faith in...the wonderful Grace (Eventually)." (Chicago Sun-Times)

In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, the author of the bestsellers Traveling Mercies and Plan B delivers a poignant, funny, and bittersweet primer of faith, as we come to discover what it means to be fully alive.
 

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Contents

Ski Patrol
15
Wailing Wall
26
Dance Class
37
BODIES
47
A Field Theory of Beauty
71
IN CIRCULATION
83
At Deaths Window
91
The Born
99
Steinbeck Country
149
Shadows
155
The Last Story of Spring
167
SAMWHEEL
177
Samwheel
187
Blink of an Eye
197
EARTH SCHOOL
211
Mom Interrupted
225

Nudges
107
The Carpet Guy
117
Dandelions
127
Near the Lagoon 2004
139
Junctions
231
Kookaburra
243
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About the author (2008)

Anne Lamott is the New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches; Some Assembly Required; Grace (Eventually); Plan B; Traveling Mercies; Bird by Bird; Operating Instructions, and the forthcoming Hallelujah Anyway. She is also the author of several novels, including Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.

Bibliographic information

TitleGrace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
AuthorAnne Lamott
PublisherPenguin, 2008
ISBN1101190760, 9781101190760
Length272 pages
Subjects › 

Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Body, Mind & Spirit / Inspiration & Personal Growth
Religion / Essays
  
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