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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Author: Anne Lamott

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Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9781573222990 - ISBN-10: 1573222992
Publication Date: 3/3/2005
Pages: 336


Other Versions of this Book: Audio CD (Unabridged), Hardcover, Paperback

Book Description:
With the trademark wisdom, humor, and honesty that made Anne Lamott's book on faith, Traveling Mercies, a runaway bestseller, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times.

The world is a more dangerous place than it was when Lamott's Traveling Mercies was published five years ago. Terrorism and war have become the new normal; environmental devastation looms even closer. And there are personal demands on Lamott's faith as well: turning fifty; her mother's Alzheimer's; her son's adolescence; and the passing of friends and time.

Fortunately for those of us who are anxious and scared about the state of the world, whose parents are also aging and dying, whose children are growing harder to recognize as they become teenagers, Plan B offers hope in the midst of despair. It shares with us Lamott's ability to comfort, and to make us laugh despite the grim realities.

Anne Lamott is one of our most beloved writers, and Plan B is a book more necessary now than ever. It will prove to be further evidence that, as The Christian Science Monitor has written, "Everybody loves Anne Lamott."

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Top Member Book Reviews

Anne L. wrote on 7/28/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Another wonderful book from Anne Lamont. Her humor, brutal honesty and very personal way of looking at her faith make the rest of us open our minds to another way of being a person of faith. You don't want to miss this if you have teenagers. There is some Bush-bashing here, but don't let that stop you. I promise you will never forget her description of the disciples on the day after the crucifixion of Jesus. Profane, yes; but dead-on.

Cynthia M. (iritnus) wrote on 6/25/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I was distracted and annoyed by her continual railing at George Bush. I'm not a fan of the current administration either but I seem to have made peace with it better than the author. Or I'm apathetic. If the essay is about his administration's flaws and foibles fine, but she dropped references to it into themes where it seemed out of context. Perhaps I was disappointed to see one of my favorite people (Lamott) cursing the darkness and trying vainly to light a candle. So unlike her. But don't let her despair over an unjust war keep you from reading this book. There are still some gems in it.


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Mary W. grammyteach wrote on 10/2/2009...


engaging (and often lighthearted) look at faith & life

Chris C. wrote on 12/30/2006...


I love Lamott's tell-it-like-it-is style and constant humore

Jen G. wrote on 9/9/2006...


Not as good as Traveling Mercies, but worth reading. I love Anne Lamott's books.

Cathy L. (KerrvilleCate) wrote on 7/10/2006...


Even at her most serious, Anne Lamott doesn't take herself or her spirituality too seriously.


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