Operating Instructions : A Journal of My Son's First Year (Paperback)

from readaholic12

I enjoyed this humorous, honest chronicling of Anne Lamott's first year of parenthood. It was very interesting to me to read this book out of sequence, to look back at the love and frustration of a new, single parent, already knowing how she struggled through her son's teen years. I first came to...

from chrisubus

Shees! I've been reading this book a little bit at a time over lunch and I walk back to the office everyday teary-eyed.Just like other stuff I've read by Lamott, this is irreverent (that may be an understatement), but for folks who appreciate a particular kind of honesty about having a baby, this...

from chrisubus

Shees! I've been reading this book a little bit at a time over lunch and I walk back to the office everyday teary-eyed.Just like other stuff I've read by Lamott, this is irreverent (that may be an understatement), but for folks who appreciate a particular kind of honesty about having a baby, this...

from Bonni208

The authenticity of Anne Lamott is evident and engaging in Operating Instructions. She isn't afraid to explore all sides of her first year as a Mother - and she keeps us laughing and crying all the while. I wish someone would write a book like this about infertility.

from Eye_Gee

Anne Lamott is the most honest, funny, sincere, spontaneous, vulnerable, strong, serious, spiritual writer I can think of. In this book, she chronicles her pregnancy, her son's birth, and the first year of his life. During that same year her best friend is diagnosed with incurable breast cancer. ...