the prose with which she describes her life is so elegant-so sleek in its zen concentration, so studded with remarkable phrases-that we fear she has moved far beyond us, and feel humbled when faced with her clarity and wisdom. Lamott is so frank about sharing her brokenness, all the fragments of her crazy hippie life, that we hope we too-if we had half her courage-could reap the rewards of prayer at least as bountifully as she. I have read two previous books on spirituality by Lamott, both longer and better than this one, but they all have the same qualities. This slim book consists of three essays on spirituality, each exploring a different type of prayer: petition ("Help!"), thanksgiving ("Thanks!") and ("Wow!), which I feel can best be described as prayer in praise of the sublime.
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