Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

Definitely a mixed bag - about half of it I found funny or moving, and about half of it made me roll my eyes very loudly.

This book is a shot in the arm for these anxious times. Lamott is so wise and simultaneously so down to earth. Chapters on hate, writing, families, and death remind us that we all share in the human condition; and that material stuff and body angst and trying to fix/solve everything are big obstacles to being present to the life we're part of.