Traveling Mercies
Some Thoughts on Faith
New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2000.
Format: Book
Edition: First Anchor Books edition.
Description: x, 275 pages ; 21 cm
Combining elements of spiritual study and memoir, the author describes her odyssey of faith, drawing on her own sometimes troubled past to explore the many ways in which faith sustains and guides one's daily life.
Contents:
Overture : lily pads -- Mountain, valley, sky. Knocking on heaven's door ; Ladders ; Mountain birthday -- Church, people, steeple. Ashes ; Why I make Sam go to church ; Traveling mercies -- Tribe. Fields ; Forgiveness ; Grace -- Kids, some sick. Barn raising ; Tummler's dog ; Heartcake ; Gypsies -- Body and soul. The mole ; Thirst ; Hunger ; The aunties -- Fambly. Mom ; Dad ; Sister ; Baby -- Shore and ground. A man who was mean to his dog ; Into thin mud ; Altar.
Subjects:
Lamott, Anne -- Religion.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Christian biography -- United States.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Faith.
Lamott, Anne -- Religion.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Christian biography -- United States.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Faith.
ISBN:
0385496095
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Lamott, Anne | Southeast | Biography | Out (Due: 5/4/2024) |
BIOGRAPHY Lamott, Anne | Southeast | Biography | Out (Due: 4/25/2024) |
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1999.