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Somehow

Thoughts on Love

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Somehow

By: Anne Lamott
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Religion Books of 2024

“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.”—Chicago Tribune

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration of love

“Love is our only hope,” Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. “It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks.”

In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. “Love just won't be pinned down,” she says. “It is in our very atmosphere” and lies at the heart of who we are. We are, Lamott says, creatures of love.

In each chapter of Somehow, Lamott refracts all the colors of the spectrum. She explores the unexpected love for a partner later in life. The bruised (and bruising) love for a child who disappoints, even frightens. The sustaining love among a group of sinners, for a community in transition, in the wider world. The lessons she underscores are that love enlightens as it educates, comforts as it energizes, sustains as it surprises.

Somehow is Anne Lamott’s twentieth book, and in it she draws from her own life and experience to delineate the intimate and elemental ways that love buttresses us in the face of despair as it galvanizes us to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. Full of the compassion and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions, Somehow is classic Anne Lamott: funny, warm, and wise.

©2024 Anne Lamott (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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“Lamott speaks to the human in all of us, challenging us to bear her beam of love, and our own.”—The Washington Post

“Whether you are looking for love or letting go of resentments, Lamott’s words will both meet you where you are at and propel you to where you need to go.”—Oprah Daily

“Self-disclosure can be awkward, but Lamott’s voice is so finely tuned and adept at positioning the mirror for readers to see themselves, the books are not about her: They are words for anyone struggling against hope. Somehow: Thoughts on Love is a reminder—for those who need one—that it’s never too late to listen for the proverbial still small voice, the one within us that the world does its best to drown out, that it’s never too late to choose love.”—San Francisco Chronicle

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I will listen to this over and over again. I adore how she makes like and the world approachable.

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Relatable, honest, witty, brilliant!

Listening to Annie on Audible was like meeting my new best friend. I wish I lived next door to her. Now I must buy the book so I can hug it! And go through it over and over again!

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Anne Lamott is the best

I love this book, thank you Audible and Anne. I listened during my morning walks. Very inspiring!

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Your loving authenticity

Thank you for sharing at such deep levels about all things life and love your writing touches my heart.

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One of Her Best

I love this book! Annie’s honest unveiling of her life and the lives of others provides a perfect backdrop for her painterly and poignant explanations of how love and lovingkindness show up in the world. She provides us with new insights and vitamins, if you will, to sustain us all in this wild, often times cruel and beautiful world. I love her narration-Brava!
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Loved it!

I so relate to her sincerity, sarcasm, optimism and honesty in her words. I laughed out loud many times! I’ll listen to this many times!

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Beautiful

Anne’s vulnerability is astonishing and profound. Reading her, this book, makes me braver. And I hope a better and kinder person

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The authenticity of the author and narrator Anne Lamont

Reading or listening to one of Lamont’s book always leaves me wanting to be a better person

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Thank you Anne

Her willingness to share her pain and embarrassment makes all the difference. It’s nice to know that we are not alone those inexperience excruciating moments of bullying and rejection.

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Nice update with clever narrative

I don’t love her voice but I have gotten used to it. The way she writes is always captivating.

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