Status
Available
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Genres
Publication
North Point Press (1979), Edition: Reissue, 304 pages
Description
Jennifer is twenty three when her beloved father, Wallace, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. This catastrophic discovery sets off Anne Lamott's unexpectedly sweet and funny first novel, which is made dramatic not so much by the course of Wallace's illness as by the emotional wake it sweeps under Jen and her brothers, self contained Ben and Feckless, lovable Randy. With characteristic affection and dead on accuracy, Lamott sketches this offbeat family and their nearest and dearest as they draw ever closer in the intimacy Jen prizes among the other estimable things: good music, good hard laughter, good sex, good industry, and good books."
User reviews
LibraryThing member vesuvian
This is where Anne Lamott started. I have her first edition, even with an erratum slip wedged in it. It was purchased at Vroman's bookstore in Pasadena, California.
You know Anne Lamott's work today? This is everything she was before she got clean and sober and found Jesus. Still Anne, just drunk
You know Anne Lamott's work today? This is everything she was before she got clean and sober and found Jesus. Still Anne, just drunk
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and high. Her voice was as clear then as it is today. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1980
Physical description
8.5 inches
ISBN
0865472807 / 9780865472808