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  • Somehow

  • Thoughts on Love
  • By: Anne Lamott
  • Narrated by: Anne Lamott
  • Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Somehow

By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
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Publisher's summary

Love is our only hope. 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.

Anne 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.

In each chapter of Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott refracts all the colours 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. Drawing from her own life and experience to delineate the intimate and elemental ways that love buttresses us in the face of despair, as it galvanises us to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. The lessons she underscores are that love enlightens as it educates, comforts as it energises and sustains as it surprises.

©2024 Anne Lamott (P)2024 Penguin Random House LLC
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Critic reviews

"Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration. She is nothing short of miraculous" (New Yorker)

"Anne Lamott is my Oprah" (Chicago Tribune)

Editorial Review

Anne Lamott meditates on love
When I heard that Anne Lamott had penned a new book, I was all ears. Since first being introduced to the prolific author by an old mentor who insisted I don’t write one more word before reading what is now my writing bible, Bird by Bird, I have cherished every piece of Lamott wisdom I’ve been lucky enough to lay my eyes (and ears) on. Always honest, forever hopeful, and never holier-than-thou, her words serve as a beacon of inspiration and a dose of good-feeling emotion when I need it most. This beautifully crafted meditation on the transformative power of love is no exception. By sharing her experience and baring her soul, Lamott manages to comfort while reminding us of what is at the very core of our collective humanity. —Maddie A., Audible Editor

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