"Anne Lamott is my Oprah." --Chicago Tribune
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night,
Dawn, Almost Everything and Bird by Bird, a powerful exploration of
mercy and how we can embrace it.
Mercy is radical kindness, Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and
heartening book, Hallelujah Anyway. It's the permission you give
others--and yourself--to forgive a debt, to absolve the unabsolvable, to
let go of the judgment and pain that make life so difficult.
In Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy Lamott ventures to explore
where to find meaning in life. We should begin, she suggests, by facing
a great big mess, especially the great big mess of ourselves. It's up to
each of us to recognize the presence and importance of mercy
everywhere--within us and outside us, all around us--and to use it to
forge a deeper understanding of ourselves and more honest connections
with each other. While that can be difficult to do, Lamott argues that
it's crucial, as kindness towards others, beginning with myself, buys us
a shot at a warm and generous heart, the greatest prize of all.
Full of Lamott's trademark honesty, humor and forthrightness,
Hallelujah Anyway is profound and caring, funny and wise--a hopeful
book of hands-on spirituality.
