{"product_id":"operating-instructions-anne-lamott-9781400079094","title":"Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e brings her brilliant combination of humor and warmth to a \"smart, funny, and comforting\" chronicle of single motherhood (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's not like she's the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), with a generous amount of wit and faith (but very little piousness), Lamott narrates the great and small events that make up a woman's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lamott is a wonderfully lithe writer .... Anyone who has ever had a hard time facing a perfectly ordinary day will identify.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Lamott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400079098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400079094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/12\/2010 pg. 55","brand":"Anne Lamott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051314114815,"sku":"9781400079094","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_745f3924-4a12-47f4-873e-8962c5d644a1.jpg?v=1685012351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operating-instructions-anne-lamott-9781400079094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}