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Title: The final copy
Review: Lamott's Bird by Bird has ben criticized, even by those of us who loved it, for not saying more about revisions. And an earlier customer review lamented reading much of what is now Traveling Mercies on-line (salonmagazine.com). But what we have now in Traveling Mercies is some pretty astonishing revision of wonderful material. Look at what happens to her piece from 12/18/97 in Salon, for instance. You see Lamott at work in TM; it will take your breath away to see how the earlier pieces get their final shape.
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