..Book Reviews..

Plan B is a collection of disjointed essays on faith giving you more of Lamott's universalist take on Christianity. She rails on George W. Bush more than necessary and I wish the book had a coherent narrative like Operating Instructions or the first half of Traveling Mercies. But aside from those flaws, it's hilarious and insightful. Sometimes we need the kind of reorientation that Lamott often gives.

More:

'Jesusey' Anne Lamott

More Lamott:

All New People
Blue Shoe
Crooked Little Heart

Good Quotes:

My son is in his teens, and I am in menopause: I have not felt this clueless and tired since Sam was a colicky baby. We are both more testy now on a regular basis, quicker to anger, and in my case, to weep and reevaluate the meaning of life. Sometimes I feel like the big possum who has been coming into our driveway lately, worried and waddly. I hear that the stress hormones possums produce are off the charts. Possums live only a few years in the wild. I suppose that if I had two penises and still fainted a lot, I'd be stressed to the max, too. (page 17)