Hallelujah anyway : rediscovering mercy / Anne Lamott.
Record details
- ISBN: 0735213585
- ISBN: 9780735213586
- ISBN: 9780735213586 : HRD
- ISBN: 0735213585 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780735213586
- ISBN: 0735213585
- Physical Description: 176 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2017.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The mercy workshop -- Life cycles -- Gold leaf -- Destinations -- Impatiens -- Planes -- As is -- Mostly -- The open drawer. The mercy workshop -- Life cycles -- Gold leaf -- Destinations -- Impatiens -- Planes -- As is -- Mostly -- The open drawer. The mercy workshop -- Life cycles -- Gold leaf -- Destinations -- Impatiens -- Planes -- As is -- Mostly -- The open drawer. |
Summary, etc.: | Mercy ... It's the permission you give others-- and yourself-- to forgive a debt, to absolve the unabsolvable, to let go of the judgment and pain that make life so difficult. Lamott ventures to explore where to find meaning in life. We should begin, she suggests, by "facing a great big mess, especially the great big mess of ourselves." It's up to each of us to recognize the presence and importance of mercy everywhere-- "within us and outside us, all around us"--And to use it to forge a deeper understanding of ourselves and more honest connections with each other. While that can be difficult to do, Lamott argues that it's crucial, as "kindness towards others, beginning with myself, buys us a shot at a warm and generous heart, the greatest prize of all." |
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Subject: | Mercy. Christian life. |
Genre: | Self-help publications. |
Available copies
- 40 of 45 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at John P. Webster Library - West Hartford.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 45 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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John P. Webster Library - West Hartford | BV 4647.M4 L36 2017 (Text) | 32545070260134 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |