Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Lamott, Anne - 1994

New York: Fawcett Columbine Book - Ballantine Books. Fine 1994. Softcover. 100% as shown, NEW & marfree; not written-in rem club or handled. Mail SAMEDAY! ; 0.62 x 7.24 x 5.05; 251 pages; : The most honest, wildly enjoyable book written about motherhood is surely Anne Lamott's account of her son Sam's first year. A gifted writer and teacher, Lamott (Crooked Little Heart) is a single mother and ex-alcoholic with a pleasingly warped social circle and a remarkably tolerant religion to lean on. She responds to the changes, exhaustion, and love Sam brings with aplomb or outright insanity. The book rocks from hilarious to unbearably poignant when Sam's burgeoning life is played out against a very close friend's illness. No saccharine paean to becoming a parent, this touches on the rage and befuddlement that dog sweeter emotions during this sea change in one's life. From Kirkus Reviews: Novelist Lamott (All New People, 1989, etc. ) nimbly plunders stores of self-mockery in her role as a new mother and single parent. Born August 29, 1989, baby Sam is ``like moonlight, '' and wastes no time in stealing his .