Search - Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

Excellent! This is a great book to help you while in the trenches of new motherhood, or to look back after you've made it out. Anne Lamott captures her feeling so beautifully with words, bringing scenes right to life in your mind's eye. Amazing writing. I laughed my head off and cried till I needed tissue. A captivating read.

Although her literary devices get a bit repetitive with "gulping" reading of this volume, I couldn't help it! Sharp, sweet, perfect commentary on so many things of the wonder of motherhood. Beware of language and sexual discussion, though you should expect the frank anatomical/functional descriptions of pregnancy, birth, recovery, babies, and nursing if you're looking at this one. I enjoyed it but am content to pass it on after recording some of my favorite excerpts.

wonderfully funny, honest take on life by an author who became a single parent at 35. Great stuff!

This is just awful. This woman can't write and from what I read she's can't mother either. I'm intensely happy my Mother is nothing like this woman. I'm far more happy that I'M nothing like this woman.
I find her disgusting quite honestly and can't believe she'd admit some of the things she did. If I owned those beliefs I'd hide them at all costs.
I'm fascinated - and repelled - that a person can not only think like this but this others want to read about it. What's more fascinating than that even is that people do! I question humanity.