Each of these moments, a time when Lamott felt like she reached a realization, serve as a safe space - a lily pad - between times of uncertainty. She moves from her childhood and friends and the impact they had on her growing faith to eventually finding her place in a quiet church with her son, Sam. Long Review: Anne Lamott’s reflections on faith and spirituality begin with a story called “Overture: Lily Pads.” In it, Lamott explores the moments in her life when her sense of faith drastically changed. One Sentence Review: If you can enjoy Lamott’s neurotic but open personality, Traveling Mercies is a joy to read. One Sentence Summary: In this memoir, Lamott explores moments that test faith and explore her own quirky relationship with God. At once tough, personal, affectionate, wise, and very funny, Traveling Mercies tells in exuberant detail how Anne Lamott learned to shine the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life, exposing surprising pockets of meaning and hope.Title: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
As she puts it, My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers. Against all odds, she came to believe in God and then, even more miraculously, in herself. Lamott's faith isn't about easy answers, which is part of what endears her to believers as well as nonbelievers. And Traveling Mercies is a welcome return to those lives, as well as an introduction to new companions Lamott treats with the same candor, insight, and tenderness. The people in Anne Lamott's real life are like beloved characters in a favorite series for her readers-her friend Pammy, her son, Sam, and the many funny and wise folks who attend her church are all familiar. Since Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her fans have been waiting for her to write the book that explained how she came to the big-hearted, grateful, generous faith that she so often alluded to in her two earlier nonfiction books. Despite-or because of-her irreverence, faith is a natural subject for Anne Lamott. Anne thinks of Jesus as Casper the friendly savior and describes God as one crafty mother.
She has a friend whose morning prayer each day is Whatever, and whose evening prayer is Oh, well. Anne Lamott claims the two best prayers she knows are: Help me, help me, help me and Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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