Dusk, Night, Dawn

On Revival and Courage

By: Anne Lamott

Narrated by: Anne Lamott

Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

"Anne Lamott is my Oprah." (Chicago Tribune)

From the best-selling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives.

In Dusk, Night, Dawn, Anne Lamott explores the tough questions that many of us grapple with. How can we recapture the confidence we once had as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad news piles up - from climate crises to daily assaults on civility - how can we cope? Where, she asks, "do we start to get our world and joy and hope and our faith in life itself back...with our sore feet, hearing loss, stiff fingers, poor digestion, stunned minds, broken hearts?"

We begin, Lamott says, by accepting our flaws and embracing our humanity.

Drawing from her own experiences, Lamott shows us the intimate and human ways we can adopt to move through life’s dark places and toward the light of hope that still burns ahead for all of us.

As she does in Help, Thanks, Wow and her other best-selling books, Lamott explores the thorny issues of life and faith by breaking them down into manageable, human-sized questions for listeners to ponder, in the process showing us how we can amplify life's small moments of joy by staying open to love and connection. As Lamott notes in Dusk, Night, Dawn, "I got Medicare three days before I got hitched, which sounds like something an old person might do, which does not describe adorably ageless me." Marrying for the first time with a grown son and a grandson, Lamott explains that finding happiness with a partner isn't a function of age or beauty but of outlook and perspective.

Full of the honesty, humor, and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions, Dusk, Night, Dawn is classic Anne Lamott - thoughtful and comic, warm and wise - and further proof that Lamott truly speaks to the better angels in all of us.

©2021 Anne Lamott (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Dusk Night Dawn delivers prose that satisfices literary as well as spiritual tastes." (The Washington Post)

"She is brilliant. Her writing makes me weep." (Hoda Kotb, Today Show)

"In difficult times, is there a more soothing voice than Lamott’s? Her latest book on the trickiness of faith and hope is chock-full of her trademark wit, at once self-deprecating and self-aggrandizing. And this is her first book since getting married in 2019, so those honest insights about choosing love amid anxiety are sure to shine even brighter." (Bookpage)

Injection of warmth, humor and reflection; always!

Listening to Anne read ( I dovetailed listening and reading) sent magic into my veins. I belief her imitation of St. Peter alone was worth the listen. She is so honest- more than any other memoirist that can think of, and my body is still smiling days after finishing this perfect slim volume. Thank you Anne for inspiring me to write a poem from my heart- to live and appreciate the complexities of intertwined how and sorrow. Beautifully done!

Wonderful book

I am grateful to have read/listened to another book by Anne Lamott. She continues to help ground me in the love of my Creator in a way that is so strikingly funny and so hits my sacred target as I journey thru the beauty and harshness of life and everything in between.

It’s been too long

My first of you was in 1995 -Operating Instructions” when I gave birth to my first child as a single mama living in Mendo.. moved back to my home town after living in Hawaii and Pacific Grove. You were a voice I needed in a time I was gathering my community my “village”. Then Rosie was given to me by a women I was cleaning house for. Dusk, Night, Dawn ~.~ hello again ..I’ve missed you. Thank you for this. I’m turning 50 and you made me laugh and understand myself. I wish I could share my life stories with you, you feel like a friend.

amazing & real

Anne Lamott speaks plainly & truthfully about the foibles we all share. Few "new age" teachers come down from their high horses enough to be human. I get her & she gets me, and we're all great. Amazing.

Forever a fangirl for Anne

I could barely resist all the note taking and sharing of the countless gems contained in this magnificent, comforting, healing, hilarious, deeply resonant gift of love. I devoured this book, only taking breaks to let the wisdom, humor, and love sink in, and to sleep. Boy, do I adore this woman. On to the next one from Anne :)

Wise words, great performance.

To continue on life’s journey with Anne is one of life’s greatest gifts. Highly recommended!

Anne's perspective is like a mirror

She is such a bright light in a very dark time. I have made a life changing connection to my third chapter. Thank you Anne
I truly love you

Love

I just love her books. Going through a rough time in my life, but listening to this book gives me hope. Makes me feel not so crazy and alone! THANKS ANNE!

Lovely

In her own voice we get to know this creative thinker and it is a pleasure.

Headlights in a Dark Night

Thank you, Anne Lamott, for your hilarious/heartbreaking/heartwarming stories shining like headlights in a dark night. For beaming your humanity, your humor, your honesty so courageously and generously that I can see myself, my true, broken and beautiful self with greater love and forgiveness, and see others with greater love and forgiveness as well. Thank you for making me laugh in the dark tonight when I could not sleep. Thank you for being a writer who makes me want to write and live and love more courageously and generously. Thank you for your beautiful, raspy-cool voice which kept me good company until dawn.