Anne Lamott

Books by Anne Lamott

Help, Thanks, Wow

The Three Essential Survival Prayers

by Anne Lamott
- Hardcover, 102 pages
Plan B

Further Thoughts On Faith

by Anne Lamott
- Hardcover, 320 pages
Some Assembly Required

A Journal Of My Son's First Son

by Anne Lamott and Sam Lamott
- Paperback, 272 pages
Imperfect Birds

by Anne Lamott
- Hardcover, 278 pages

Anne Lamott has written books about:

NPR stories about Anne Lamott

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April 1-7: An MIA Mom, A Deluded Romance And Homegrown Terrorism

April 01, 201311:34 AM

In softcover fiction, Maria Semple chronicles a daughter's search for her missing mother, Jess Walter imagines a glimmering but futile courtship, and Lionel Shriver delivers a tongue-in-cheek take on terrorism. In nonfiction, Victoria Sweet recounts her unusual medical training.

Author Interviews

Anne Lamott Distills Prayer Into 'Help, Thanks, Wow'

by NPR Staff

November 19, 2012 3:23 AM

As Thanksgiving draws near, many of us are thinking about what we're thankful for. Novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott says she is filled with "wonder at the just sheer beauty of creation." She discusses her new book, Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.

Anne Lamott is the best-selling author of Some Assembly Required, Grace (Eventually), Plan B and Traveling Mercies.

Books

On The Glories (And Hazards) Of Grandparenting

by Heller McAlpin

March 29, 2012 7:00 AM

What do you do when your 19-year-old son becomes a father? You roll with the punches. Anne Lamott's new book, Some Assembly Required, is a witty and refreshingly honest record of the joys and stresses of becoming a first-time grandmother.

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Far Out: A Mission To Mars, A First Lady's Journey, A Teen Rebels

April 07, 201111:23 AM

In fiction, Anne Lamott faces adolescence, while in nonfiction former first lady Laura Bush tells her life story, Mary Roach explores travel to Mars, Daniel H. Pink considers what motivates us, and historian Ben Macintyre traces the fictional roots of a daring WWII operation.

What We're Reading

What We're Reading, April 13-19

April 13, 201012:00 AM

Another animal fable from Life of Pi author Yann Martel; New Yorker editor David Remnick shows how President Barack Obama's life intersects with the story of race in America; and permissive parents cope with sex, drugs and a rebellious teen in Anne Lamott's Imperfect Birds.

Beatrice and Virgil; Imperfect Birds; The Bridge

Book Reviews

'Imperfect Birds': The Trials And Triumphs Of Teens

by Heller McAlpin

April 07, 201012:00 AM

Anne Lamott's seventh novel, about precocious Rosie Ferguson, follows the rebellious girl into her senior year of high school, in which Rosie battles her dysfunctional parents and a powerful drug addiction.

Read Any Good Books?

'Plan B' by Anne Lamott

October 31, 2006 5:39 PM

One listener of member station KJZZ in Phoenix says that Anne Lamott's collection of essays on faith and relationships "reminds me that when I'm feeling really crazy, I'm at least in good company."

Religion

Anne Lamott Shares Personal Wisdom in 'Plan B'

by Karen Grigsby Bates

March 16, 200512:00 AM

In Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, the latest collection of personal essays from Anne Lamott, the author picks up where her last book, the bestselling Traveling Mercies, left off. She talks with NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates.

Books

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Book Reviews

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Reader Advisory: 'Shining Girls' Is Gruesome But Gripping

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Anne Lamott

Books by Anne Lamott

Help, Thanks, Wow

The Three Essential Survival Prayers

Plan B

Further Thoughts On Faith

Some Assembly Required

A Journal Of My Son's First Son

Imperfect Birds

Anne Lamott has written books about:

NPR stories about Anne Lamott

New In Paperback

April 1-7: An MIA Mom, A Deluded Romance And Homegrown Terrorism

Author Interviews

Anne Lamott Distills Prayer Into 'Help, Thanks, Wow'

Books

On The Glories (And Hazards) Of Grandparenting

New In Paperback

Far Out: A Mission To Mars, A First Lady's Journey, A Teen Rebels

What We're Reading

What We're Reading, April 13-19

Book Reviews

'Imperfect Birds': The Trials And Triumphs Of Teens

Read Any Good Books?

'Plan B' by Anne Lamott

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The Three Essential Survival Prayers

Further Thoughts On Faith

A Journal Of My Son's First Son

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