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Call Number: Fiction / Lamott, Anne
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submitted by sdunav on August 6, 2023, 10:08am
Anne Lamott is a fabulous, amazingly creative writer, but aside from "Operating Instructions" I just can't get into her books. The characters start annoying me, and I don't like too much contemplation about Jesus.
However, this was my book club's choice for this month, so I plodded on and finished it. I'm glad I did, actually.
This is the story of a middle-aged divorced woman, who balances caring for her kids and dealing with ex-husband with financial struggles, a domineering but aging mother, and unresolved issues about her long-dead father.
The book made a really image-strong (and fairly creepy) start with the descriptions of rats in their house's walls. I did find the plot interesting in the end (while still wanting to smack several of the characters), but it was the gorgeous descriptions that are really going to stick with me.
The iguana - a reluctantly accepted family pet - is the best example. It's either an Aztec statue or a frantically scuttling ribbon-of-sh$t-spewing maniac in its little aquarium. And it's obvious that Lamott has dealt with kids - they are perfectly described, right down to all their neurotic habits and their mom's feelings of love and frustration.
PUBLISHED
New York : Riverhead Books, 2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: 291 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1573223425
1573222267 :
SUBJECTS
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Divorced women -- Fiction.
Single mothers -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.