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Hard Laughter Author: Anne Lamott's poignant first novel, reissued in an attractive new edition. — Writer (and sometime housecleaner) Jennifer is twenty-three when her beloved father, Wallace, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. This catastrophic discovery sets off Anne Lamott's unexpectedly sweet and funny first novel, which is made dramatic not so much by Wallace's ill... more »
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4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I got about one third of the way through and put it down--which is not something I do very often. I love Lamott's non-fiction, but her novels lack substance and just don't hold my interest.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I like her non-fiction much better. This is based on real events in her life, but some of it is fictionalized.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Lamott is well known for her non-fiction and it is her non-fiction that I love. Hard Laughter (like much of her fiction) seems to be different views and projections of her own life masked but character development. Her genuineness that is so apparent in her non-fiction is simply not present here.
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This touching family story allows an intimate view of individuals coping with life's challenges.
Good story about the intricasies of family life.
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