{"product_id":"somehow-anne-lamott-9780593714416","title":"Somehow: Thoughts on Love","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Anne Lamott is my Oprah.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDusk, Night, Dawn \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow\u003c\/i\u003e, a joyful celebration of love \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Love is our only hope,\" Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. \"It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSomehow: Thoughts on Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. \"Love just won't be pinned down,\" she says. \"It is in our very atmosphere\" and lies at the heart of who we are. We are, Lamott says, creatures of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn each chapter of \u003ci\u003eSomehow\u003c\/i\u003e, Lamott refracts all the colors of the spectrum. She explores the unexpected love for a partner later in life. The bruised (and bruising) love for a child who disappoints, even frightens. The sustaining love among a group of sinners, for a community in transition, in the wider world. The lessons she underscores are that love enlightens as it educates, comforts as it energizes, sustains as it surprises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomehow \u003c\/i\u003eis Anne Lamott's twentieth book, and in it she draws from her own life and experience to delineate the intimate and elemental ways that love buttresses us in the face of despair as it galvanizes us to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. Full of the compassion and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, \u003ci\u003eSomehow \u003c\/i\u003eis classic Anne Lamott: funny, warm, and wise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Lamott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593714415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593714416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 4.81w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2024","brand":"Anne Lamott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44302146207999,"sku":"9780593714416","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/WR9780593714416.webp?v=1712919597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/somehow-anne-lamott-9780593714416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}