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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

Anne Lamott
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  • Taschenbuch: 288 Seiten
  • Verlag: Anchor; Auflage: Anchor Books ed (15. Februar 2000)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 0385496095
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385496094
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,1 x 1,5 x 20,3 cm
  • Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.3 von 5 Sternen  Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (151 Kundenrezensionen)
  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 166.406 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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For most writers, the greatest challenge of spiritual writing is to keep it grounded in concrete language. The temptation is to wander off into the clouds of ethereal epiphanies, only to lose readers with woo-woo thinking and sacred-laced clichés. Thankfully, Anne Lamott (Operating Instructions, Crooked Little Heart) knows better. In this collection of essays, Lamott offers her trademark wit and irreverence in describing her reluctant journey into faith. Every epiphany is framed in plainspoken (and, yes, occasionally crassly spoken) real-life, honest-to-God experiences. For example, after having an abortion, Lamott felt the presence of Christ sitting in her bedroom:
This experience spooked me badly, but I thought it was just an apparition born of fear and self-loathing and booze and loss of blood. But then everywhere I went I had the feeling that a little cat was following me, wanting me to reach down and pick it up, wanting me to open the door and let it in. But I knew what would happen: you let a cat in one time, give it a little milk and then it stays forever.
Whether she's writing about airplane turbulence, bulimia, her "feta cheese thighs," or consulting God over how to parent her son, Lamott keeps her spirituality firmly planted in solid scenes and believable metaphors. As a result, this is a richly satisfying armchair-travel experience, highlighting the tender mercies of Lamott's life that nudged her into Christian faith. --Gail Hudson -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

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Lamott's books are so alluring they seem to emit a gravitational force. A tender and perceptive novelist, Lamott is more than generous with the circumstantial and emotional facts of her private life in her nonfiction, writing here about profound crises and amazing salvations. The daughter of nonreligious California parents, Lamott longed for a context for her innate spirituality, especially after experiencing a "lurch of faith" in college, but instead sought escape from psychic pain in alcohol and drugs for many lonely years until she happened on a music-filled church in Oakland and found her spiritual family. Squeezing every last drop of meaning out of even the smallest things, Lamott writes agilely about such watershed events as the deaths of her father and closest woman friend, and the birth of her son and life as a single mother, all the while tracing her slow crawl back to faith with wonder, gratitude, and an irrepressible love of a good story. Donna Seaman -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

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I love this woman! 19. September 2000
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A friend gave this book to me for my birthday after hearing Anne read passages on national public radio. What a gift! I told my friend this is hands-down the best book I've ever read. I cried, I laughed out loud, and I'm a tough customer to please. The author described her feelings and I found myself saying "Yeah, that's how I would like to have put that into words for myself". The author tapped into the warmest sweetest part of me. Her brutal honesty and self-effacing writing was incredible. Now I really know what finding "your voice" is.
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You've gotta love Anne Lamott's honest appraisal of her decision to turn herself over to God. Most such stories are fraught with angst or deep self-reflection. My guess is hers actually was, but she paints a much more real-life picture of a person who has decided to quit hiding from herself. If she can be accepted by Christ after this kind of acquiesence, there's hope for all of us!

What I enjoy so much about her essays is her ability to find spiritual moments in the most mundane of things, whether it is the advance of cellulite or making peace with her hair. I still find myself laughing over her decision to forgive a woman who didn't even know she WAS her enemy, but she was. She wore Spandex in all kinds of weather. Because she COULD!

Although many of her insights will ring especially true for women, men shouldn't discount them, either. I recommended this book to my pastor, who then chose it for his clergy book discussion group. She may shock, she may make you laugh, she may touch deep chords, but you know these are the musings of a person who has lots of flaws, like all of us.

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Worth the wait 11. Juli 2000
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At a friend's suggestion, I bought this book when it first came out in hardcover. I delved into it... but either the time was not right for me or perhaps the book is just slower in the beginning. This time, I read through it in three wonder-filled days. This woman is funny, yes, but more importantly she has an authentic, unique, more aware take on what life is all about. I found myself highlighting and underlining and starring passages to read again and again. I've already sent some samples to friends around the world. I recommend it to anyone whose reflections on life and the things that mean the most need a kick-start.
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traveling mercies grabbed and didn't let go
I'm always looking for authors who can write so well that you can almost most taste the words. In this book I can taste the pain, and nuances in every passage. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Juli 2000 von Danae
Rejoicing the California way
I found this book enticing, with it's ability to make me walk the range of grief to gritty wit all in one chapter. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Juni 2000 von Elizabeth DeBarros
A Bomb by Any Other Name
If this book had been authored by anyone but Lamott it would have died in a slush pile. The examples of self-indulgence are too many to repeat; the non-existence story line that... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Got a story?
The first half of the book was somewhat interesting, and then it went downhill. I found nothing moving about the events upon the author. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
An Unforgettable Journey
This book is a true gift. I appreciate Anne LaMott's ability to present her faith journey in a down to earth (very realistic and honest), wonderfully written, and engaging way. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Mai 2000 von Michael Reilly
Traveling Mercies----Takes No Prisoners
I like, no love, great writing. Writing that is as clear, concise, and brilliant as the musical phrasing of Miles Davis or with the simple complexity found in Beethoven's Ninth. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Mai 2000 von Ron Brown
The one book we all should read...
...Lamott gives us so much in these various snapshots on her journey(s) to her faith...it seems as if she was "bottoming" out and in the worst condition(s)--the drugs,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Mai 2000 von yygsgsdrassil
Made me cry
I don't agree with much of what Anne Lamont writes about regarding her faith (and often lack thereof) but this I found this book to be quite touching and sensitively written. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Mai 2000 von Amanda Smith
Mallowcups For This Woman, Please
I'd like to sit down with Anne and eat some Mallowcups with her. I only do that with people I respect. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. April 2000 von Tracy Groot
Thoughts on Christianity
Reading Lamotts book, Traveling Mercies, made me rethink my own spiritual values which could perhaps be labeled "traditional". Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. April 2000 veröffentlicht
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