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Author Lamott, Anne, author.

Title Traveling mercies : some thoughts on faith / Anne Lamott.

Publication Info. New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2000.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  200.92 LAM    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B LAMOTT ANNE L    Check Shelf
Edition First Anchor books edition.
Description x, 275 pages ; 21 cm
Note Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1999.
Contents Overture : lily pads -- Mountain, valley, sky. Knocking on heaven's door ; Ladders ; Mountain birthday -- Church, people, steeple. Ashes ; Why I make Sam go to church ; Traveling mercies -- Tribe. Fields ; Forgiveness ; Grace -- Kids, some sick. Barn raising ; Tummler's dog ; Hearthcake -- Body and soul. Gypsies ; The mole ; Thirst ; Hunger ; The aunties -- Fambly. Mom ; Dad ; Sister ; Baby -- Shore and ground. A man who was mean to his dog ; Into thin mud ; Altar.
Summary Combining elements of spiritual study and memoir, the author describes her odyssey of faith, drawing on her own sometimes troubled past to explore the many ways in which faith sustains and guides one's daily life.
Subject Lamott, Anne -- Religion.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Christian biography -- United States.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Faith.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spiritualism.
RELIGION -- Faith.
Lamott, Anne. (OCoLC)fst00053002
Novelists, American. (OCoLC)fst01039688
Christian biography. (OCoLC)fst00858936
Mothers and sons. (OCoLC)fst01027007
Faith. (OCoLC)fst01198492
Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Lamott, Anne.
Christian biography.
Mother-son relationship.
Faith.
American novelists -- Biography.
Women novelists -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
ISBN 0385496095
9780385496094
0613656741
9780613656740
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