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You do not currently have access to this content. View full article. Sign in Don't already have an account? Reset Password. Sign in via your Institution Sign in via your Institution. Subscribe Subscribe online and gain access to the entire archive. Feb 22, Homeschoolmama rated it really liked it Shelves: own.
I liked this short little collection. Typical Lamott, with colorful metaphors of what grief is like, what fear is like, how community works, how nature plays a part in healing.
A very helpful and encouraging read. I'll pick this one up again. Dec 10, Rebecca rated it it was ok. Impulse by at Northshire with Julie during the visit to Lyle. Granted, I read it in bits over a few weeks, but right from the start it felt perfunctory and repetitive.
Ironically enough, I wondered if Lamott was stitching together ouch bits from her other books and essays to create a patchwork quilt again of a book. I was, frankly, disappointed. It is a far cry from "Help, Thanks, Wow,"--equally short but moving and reflective--or "Traveling Mercies. Dec 17, Gary Anderson rated it liked it. I'm a long-time admirer of Anne Lamott's writing and outlook. While Stitches features her appealing trademarks, it also seems shallower and less insightful than her other recent books in this genre.
It pretty much boils down to "Sometimes life is hard. You can get through it though. Sep 16, Diane Barnes rated it it was amazing. This is a typical Anne Lamott book, giving us an incredible look at the human spirit and what it is capable of. A comforting re-read. May 27, Dr. Tobias Christian Fischer rated it really liked it.
The book questions our existence and searches for the purpose in our life. There might be none but the book describes good alternatives. Mar 22, Catherine rated it liked it Shelves: , spirit , united-states , thought. I liked, but didn't love, this book. The problem was partly mine - I picked it up and read a little, put it down and left it for days at a time, and that's never the best way to absorb what a book can offer. But the central metaphor of the text didn't work for me - I struggled with the idea of patching and stitching and had to reread those paragraphs more than once to grasp the underlying idea.
The book was beautifully written save that stitching metaphor which, again, is more about me than the author , and filled with compassion. I'd recommend it for a lazy weekend afternoon, something that could be read in one sitting. Apr 01, Sarah rated it it was amazing.
I don't know what took me so long to get around to reading one of Anne Lamott's books. Every reader, feeler, believer, homesteader, and Instagrammer seems to include her on their list of favorite authors. Actually, now that I mention it, I guess that's what took me so long.
I see now why so many love her writing. Anne is self-deprecating, but also confident without apology. She is honest about her flawed nature, but also confident in her strength when she needs it most.
She has a quiet yet power I don't know what took me so long to get around to reading one of Anne Lamott's books. She has a quiet yet powerful ability to notice the big picture in the little things. And that's really what life is all about isn't it? Finding beauty in the little things? Nov 05, Bob Henry rated it it was amazing. I really enjoyed Anne's last book, "Help, Thanks, Wow" but this book, "Stitches" has such a beautiful, vulnerable and real way of engaging the reader's heart.
In about pages, Anne leaves you wanting more, but wrestling with the reality of life. She has weaved the hope, the challenge to see, and a heartfelt reality throughout. It was just what I needed to read - a balance of "gravity and grace. Nov 07, Karen Ashmore rated it liked it. After reading almost all of Lamott's books over the years, I almost feel that I know what examples from her life she is going to use to illustrate her point.
But I am always awed anew at her command of language and how she can turn a seemingly innocuous incident into a strangely delightful metaphor that would have never occurred to me. In Stitches, she addresses this with ways to respond to grief and handle life's challenges. It truly is a handbook of meaning, hope and repair. Nov 29, Becky Roper rated it it was ok. Anne Lamott writes as one who knows some difficult life situations drugs, alcohol, etc and has enough of a dry sense of humor to keep this little short book from being maudlin.
It has a lot of quotes, and borrows from more than one philosophy to give you some things to consider on the subject. I did like the metaphor of stitches and the idea that life is doing a lot of patching. Favorite quote: We are all just walking each other home. Jan 01, Cheri rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Dani Parr.
Shelves: spirituality , read-in Anne Lamott's outlook on life is funny, charming, uplifting, insightful, thought provoking and Sep 15, Elisa rated it it was amazing. I felt like much of it really rings true. A great read for someone healing from life's hard blows. Jan 18, Niya rated it it was amazing. An easy heartfelt book. She deepens and amplifies any subject.
I always want to have tea with her after reading anything she has written. Nov 17, Kari Yergin rated it liked it. It's pretty easy to think you know the meaning of life when your children are small, if they come with all their parts and you get to live in that amazing cocoon of oneness and baby smells. But what if your perfect child becomes sick, obese, an addict, or a homeless adult? What if you wake up at 60 and realize you forgot to wake up, and you never became the person you were born to be, and now your hair is falling out?
You're thinking about this for the first time when maybe it's a little late, Y It's pretty easy to think you know the meaning of life when your children are small, if they come with all their parts and you get to live in that amazing cocoon of oneness and baby smells. You're thinking about this for the first time when maybe it's a little late, Your life is two-thirds over, or you're still relatively young, but your girl went from being two years old to being eleven in what felt like 18 months, and then in what felt like eight weeks to fifteen, where she has been now, sharply dressed as a bitter young stripper, for as long as you can fricking remember.
I try to live by it.
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