Grace (Eventually)

Thoughts on Faith

By: Anne Lamott

Narrated by: Anne Lamott

From the New York Times bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost Everything

"Lamott has chronicled her wacky and (sometimes) wild adventures in faith in...the wonderful Grace (Eventually)." (Chicago Sun-Times)

In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, the author of the bestsellers Traveling Mercies and Plan B delivers a poignant, funny, and bittersweet primer of faith, as we come to discover what it means to be fully alive.

©2007 Anne Lamott (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. All rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Anne Lamott is...a swearing spiritual pundit who prays for redemption but brags about her offenses. Lamott's latest tell-all is Grace (Eventually): Thoughts of Faith, a searching memoir full of...offbeat spiritual humor. What makes Lamott's writing powerful isn't her unconventional faith. Rather, it's the profound message about God's grace and redemption often lurking underneath all the...brutal honesty." (Chicago Sun-Times)

"Lamott's self-deprecating stories are refreshingly frank and endearingly fun." (Washington Post)

Pollyanna in every way.

I found the authors voice annoying and her book ridiculous. He r Pollyanna view of the word is churlish and annoying. Too much politics and not enough insight. I did chuckle a couple of time but cannot recommend this book to anyone seeking enlightenment or guidance.

More!

Annie repeats herself and thank God for that.

Loved Some of This

I'm a Huge Lamott fan. I flat out loved some of this and was just neutral on other parts. But I'm still a big fan.

Great personal stories

I struggled to really get into this book. These are great personal stories told by the story teller herself. I found her to be very dry/monotone.

Highly recommend!

I love this book. Anne is so real. She's made mistakes, she doesn't try to hide. She talks about life just as it is, without masking anything. Most of the stories made me laugh till I cried! She is not preachy - she just presents it as she sees it. Since it is read by her also, I think it helps deliver the book in the tone that it was intended. By the time I finished hearing the book I felt like I had a new best friend! Thanks Anne!!!!

Another Memorable Writing

Every story is rich with thoughts to ponder. The word pictures enlighten the mind.

Wonderful book!

I really enjoyed listening to the book narrated by the author. Very heartwarming book! Nice pace and very hopeful for me.

makes you feel normal.

such a great book. finished it so quickly. solidarity and self compassion as I was reading

Excellent Writing

LaMott is one of the most skillful writers I’ve ever read. That makes her uplifting and very human stories so memorable.

Wow...

Talk about a "critics view" that was misleading. Expecting a book about displays and acts of simple faith in life, one is instead presented with a monotone reading of one poor soul's life that one can only hope and pray is fantasy.

Far from uplifting, the author drones on and on about how bad her life is and has been, yet seems totally remorseless about her rampant immorality and obsession with George Bush. From the story of her considering disowning her pet to avoid a leash violation, to assisting in the euthanizing of a friend, to multiple abortions, to alcohol and drug abuse, and the list could go on and on, one has to wonder if there is a point to the story. Sadly, there is not.

One is left in wondering amazement at how someone could be alarmed about the environment, yet hold human life and common decency is such low regard. While in one portion of the book she talks at length about fetus's being only zygotes and not human, in another part she fawns over her unborn child.

I listened to the entire book mostly just to see where it would finally end up...much as one watches a train wreck I suppose. Coming from a broken home, she is the stereotypical hippie-getting-older, clueless and rambling on about the meaninglessness of life in general.

It's sad really, since in the beginning of the book she mentions a bumper sticker that read "Only 1/6,000,000,000th of this is about you". Taken to heart, the character in the book could have learned that life is about others and giving glory to God.