Hard Laughter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780865472808)

Anne Lamott's poignant first novel Hard Laughter, reissued in an attractive new edition.

Writer (and sometime housecleaner) 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 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 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.

Author: Anne Lamott
ISBN-10: 0865472807
ISBN-13: 9780865472808
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Language: English
Published: 04/15/1979
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d

About the Author
Anne Lamott is the author of several novels and works of nonfiction, including Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird. She lives in Northern California.