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Title: What did I miss?
Review: Or, more specifically, what has Anne Lamott missed? This book is not about faith, but about a confused and lonely person who seems to regard religion as a sort of personal improvement program, like AA or therapy. I fully agree with the reviewer who said that Anne Lamott needs to contemplate pride as one of the seven deadly sins.Since the book isn't about faith, what is it about? Well, one woman's feelings of inadequacy resulting from a rather difficult life. In the hands of good authors this can be interesting, even deeply moving, but Lamott never moves beyond the whining peevishness of a high-school girl. I had felt the same way about her "Bird By Bird" but thought I would give a book on faith another chance. But all one hears from Anne Lamott is "me, me, me." Hard to find God, or even Christian fellowship, in all this.
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