Dusk night dawn : on revival and courage /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2021Description: 208 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
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- 9780593189696
- 0593189698
- 813/.54 B 23
- PS3562.A4645 Z46 2021
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Anne Lamott is my Oprah." - Chicago Tribune
From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives.
In Dusk, Night, Dawn , Anne Lamott explores the tough questions that many of us grapple with. How can we recapture the confidence we once had as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad newspiles up--from climate crises to daily assaults on civility--how can we cope? Where, she asks, "do we start to get our world and joy and hope and our faith in life itself back . . . with our sore feet, hearing loss, stiff fingers, poor digestion, stunned minds, broken hearts?"
We begin, Lamott says, by accepting our flaws and embracing our humanity.
Drawing from her own experiences, Lamott shows us the intimate and human ways we can adopt to move through life's dark places and toward the light of hope that still burns ahead for all of us.
As she does in Help, Thanks, Wow and her other bestselling books, Lamott explores the thorny issues of life and faith by breaking them down into manageable, human-sized questions for readers to ponder, in the process showing us how we can amplify life's small moments of joy by staying open to love and connection. As Lamott notes in Dusk, Night, Dawn , "I got Medicare three days before I got hitched, which sounds like something an old person might do, which does not describe adorably ageless me." Marrying for the first time with a grown son and a grandson, Lamott explains that finding happiness with a partner isn't a function of age or beauty but of outlook and perspective.
Full of the honesty, humor, and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, Dusk, Night, Dawn is classic Anne Lamott--thoughtful and comic, warm and wise--and further proof that Lamott truly speaks to the better angels in all of us.
"In Anne Lamott's new book, she confronts the harsh truth that many of us grapple with every day: How can we recapture the confidence we once had in the world and in the future as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad news piles up every day -- from climate crises to threats to democracy to daily assaults on civility -- how can we mere mortals cope? Where, Lamott asks, "do we start to get our joy and hope and our faith in life itself back ... with sore feet, hearing loss, stiff fingers, poor digestion, stunned minds, broken hearts?" We begin, Lamott explains, by accepting our flaws and embracing our humanity "in the here and now. ... We look up and around for [the] brighter ribbons" of connection, loyalty, and support. Drawing from her own experiences and her own faith journey, Lamott offers insights into the intimate and human ways we can bring back hope by demonstrating we can travel through the darkest places toward a more hopeful light that is still burning. As she does in Help, Thanks, Wow and her other bestselling books, Lamott explores the thorny issues of life and faith by breaking them down into manageable, human-sized questions for readers to ponder, and in the process she shows how each of us can amplify life's small moments of joy by staying open to love and connection even in these dark times. As Lamott notes, "I got Medicare three days before I got hitched, which sounds like something an old person might do, which does not describe adorably ageless me." Marrying for the first time with a grown son and a grandson, Lamott explains that finding happiness with a partner isn't a function of age or beauty but of outlook and perspective. Full of the honesty, humor and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, this book is classic Anne Lamott -- thoughtful and comic, warm and wise -- and further proof that Lamott truly speaks to the better angels in all of us"--
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Library Journal Review
By turns wise, funny, tragic, mystical, visionary, and imaginative, Lamott's latest book after Almost Everything: Notes on Hope will appeal to a wide range of readers who have previously enjoyed her relatable writing. Readers new to Lamott are opening themselves to a real treat, as her abilities as a storyteller are in full form in this latest book. Beginning with her first marriage at age 65, Lamott, proceeds to detail her life with a characteristic humor based in profound spirituality, offering insight into relationships with her husband, father, and spiritual advisers. Though she is a born-again Christian, she also shares how friendships with Buddhists and Jesuits have influenced her life and teachings. Amusing anecdotes are offered throughout. Her Sunday school students bring her great joy and frustrations. She riffs on the Grimm fairy tale of Six Swans, noting how she relates to the youngest brother with one arm and one wing: "weird, beautiful, hobbled, beloved." Although each chapter stands on its own and can be read separately, the full impact of the book comes toward the end when Lamott writes about the events that led to her recovery from alcoholism. VERDICT Another standout from Lamott that will have wide appeal.--David Azzolina, Univ. of Pennsylvania Libs., PhiladelphiaPublishers Weekly Review
Bestseller Lamott (Almost Everything) explores the relationships between personal anxieties and larger social concerns in these quiet, often darkly humorous reflections. Citing recent "crushing developments" in UN reports on the effects of climate change and mass extinctions, Lamott wonders how to have faith and take joy in a world on the brink of disaster. "Salvation," she writes, "will be local, grassroots," and manifested through loving acts between individuals. Concentrating on being more intentional and focusing on small changes in one's personal life, she writes, allows hope to grow and to serve as the first step to larger societal changes. Lamott argues that people too often block themselves from love through perfectionism, self-loathing, cowardice, and the fear of being vulnerable with others. She also weighs in on domestic matters, including problems both weighty (alcoholism) and trivial (how one's new spouse does the laundry). To her credit, Lamott turns a pessimistic mindset on its head with the difficult question: "What holds when you and your family are walking toward extinction?" Her answer: kindness, humility, words of love, and stories of when the worst seemed possible, but it turned out okay. Lamott's many fans will enjoy this ode to relishing small things. (Mar.)Booklist Review
In the "third third" of her life, best-selling author Lamott recognizes that she can be judgmental and worried. After all, the environment is damaged, the globe is warming, Covid-19 is rampant, and there's a lunatic in the White House. Still, she manages to face life with her characteristic offbeat faith and hilarious insights. With a new husband enhancing and complicating her life, Lamott seeks a way for all of us to recover our faith, hope, and optimism. We're all flawed, says Lamott, but no one is more honest or funnier about their shortcomings than she is. Whether she's waiting for a flight that's been delayed for 14 hours or searching for a missing kitten or recalling an embarrassing pre-sobriety outing or teaching Sunday school, Lamott is painfully precise in her confessions. Also notable is how her strong faith seems to break through during even the darkest moments, bringing light and hope. Growing older is not for the weak, and every aging person faces loss of mobility, hearing, and focus. But Lamott reminds us that "we have seen life self-correct again and again." We all need to march together and share our stories, Lamott observes, because in the end truth, science, and love almost always win. A message of reason and hope we all need to hear.Kirkus Book Review
Another helping of pop philosophy from the prolific writer. "Here we are, older, scared, numb on some days, enraged on others, with even less trust than we had a year ago," Lamott writes of such challenges as the pandemic and threats to American democracy and to the planet in general. "Where on earth do we start to get our world and joy and hope and our faith in life itself back?" In these short essays, similar in style and tone as Almost Everything, Hallelujah Anyway, Small Victories, and the author's other works of nonfiction, she ventures some answers. Mixed in with details of her personal life, including her first marriage (at age 65) to a man who, unlike her, is not a Christian; her struggles with alcoholism; and the Sunday school classes she teaches near her California home, the book addresses such topics as forgiveness, repentance, climate change, and more. Though the book will appeal to her longtime fans, the essays are marred by observations that are trite or just plain obvious. For example: "Maturity is retaining a modicum of grace when you do not get your own way"; "Growing up is hard"; "You make the plan but you don't plan the result." Other statements will be open to debate--e.g., "Darkness can be so soothing when you know it won't last forever"; "Love is being with a person wherever they are, however they are acting." It says something about this book that its best line is a misquote of Kurt Vonnegut, who, in a 1994 Syracuse University commencement speech, said he told his grandchildren (Lamott says it was his children) when they complained about the state of the planet, "Don't look at me, I just got here myself." For Lamott devotees, file alongside the aforementioned books; others can take a pass. A simplistic attempt at hope in troubled times. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.Author notes provided by Syndetics
Anne Lamott was born on April 10, 1954 in San Francisco, California. She began writing when she returned to California after spending two years at Goucher College, but her early efforts, mostly short stories, met with little success. The turning point in her writing came with a family crisis, when her father was diagnosed with brain cancer. She wrote a series of short pieces about the traumatic effect that serious illness has on a family. These pieces were published, and they eventually became the basis of her first novel, Hard Laughter, published in 1980.During the 1980s, she wrote three additional novels, Rosie, Joe Jones and All New People. In 1989, her life took another turn when her son was born. Her next book, published in 1993, was a non-fiction effort called Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year. She wrote ironically, but candidly, about her struggles to adjust to her new role as a mother and a single parent, and her experiences with everything from sleep deprivation to financial and emotional uncertainty to concerns about what she would tell her son when he was old enough to ask about his absent father.
Operating Instructions proved to be even more successful than her novels, and led to interviews on network news programs and a regular spot on National Public Radio. Her other works include Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life; Crooked Little Heart; Blue Shoe, Imperfect Birds, and Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son. Her title Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. Her title Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair and Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace also made The New York Times Best Seller List.
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