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    Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

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    From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it.

    "Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book, Hallelujah Anyway. It's the permission you give others-and yourself-to forgive a debt, to absolve the unabsolvable, to let go of the judgment and pain that make life so difficult.

    In Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy Lamott ventures to explore where to find meaning in life. We should begin, she suggests, by "facing a great big mess, especially the great big mess of ourselves." It's up to each of us to recognize the presence and importance of mercy everywhere-"within us and outside us, all around us"-and to use it to forge a deeper understanding of ourselves and more honest connections with each other. While that can be difficult to do, Lamott argues that it's crucial, as "kindness towards others, beginning with myself, buys us a shot at a warm and generous heart, the greatest prize of all."

    Full of Lamott's trademark honesty, humor and forthrightness, Hallelujah Anyway is profound and caring, funny and wise-a hopeful book of hands-on spirituality.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 4, 2017
    ISBN9781524734916
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    • 2/5
      I've read some good books by Lamott (e.g., Bird by Bird), but as another reviewer said, she seems to have called this one in.
    • 3/5
      I generally read anything this author writes but even if I didn't the title in this one made it a must read. This world needs more mercy and compassion, it is I feel sorely lacking. Although I found this offering more scattered, less concentrated than her usual works, some of what she talks about just seems like common sense, there are as always phrases and thoughts that amaze. One of the things that I like about Lamott is that even though she quotes the bible often, she also, admits that it is not as easy in every day life to practice everything it teaches. We are human, and as she admits she has thoughts that are contrary to how she wants to feel, behave. I loved this thought, "Everything slows down when we listen and stop trying to fix the unfixable. We end up looking into other people's eyes and see the desperation, or let them see ours. This connection slips past the armor like water past stones. Being slow and softened, even for a few minutes or seconds, gives sneaky grace the chance to enter." This is easy to remember, that by just listening we may be of help, show a form of mercy.A nice, thoughtful book about ways to show mercy, caring and love, not easy at times, but something of limitless value.
    • 3/5
      I'm a big fan of Lamott's "Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life" but this is the first of her other books that I've read. "Bird by Bird" was a memoir as well as writing tips. "Hallelujah Anyway" is a continuing memoir expanded with Lamott's quirky bible interpretations (The Book of Jonah ends with God asking Jonah WTF? Luke photo-shopped over the parts of Jesus getting mad at Peter?) and anecdotes about family and friends. Lamott is candid about her social media disasters such as dissing Caitlyn Jenner and petty rivalries with other writers, one especially who is intriguingly not named, but with clues that leave you guessing... Elizabeth Gilbert? Cheryl Strayed? In any case, an entertaining read esp. if you are a "Bird by Bird" fan and are interested in an update on Lamott's life.
    • 3/5
      I feel kind of on the fence about Anne Lamott. There are a couple essays of hers that I love dearly, but sometimes she seems too unfocused. That's about how Hallelujah Anyway went for me. Sometimes it was stream-of-conscious-y stuff about her life and upbringing generally, and I'd be kind of in the weeds, thinking "where is this going?" But then she'll settle into a parable discussion, relating it to present day life in that marvelous way she does, and suddenly I'm crying in my car, thinking "yes! we just need to be kinder. To everyone."
    • 4/5
      I ordered this book in 2017 and it was my first introduction to Anne Lamott. It fed my soul! I enjoyed revisiting it in this audio form, although I wish she’d slowed down a bit.
    • 3/5
      Slow going. Hard to get into. I don't feel any different about mercy.
    • 5/5
      This is a Simply awesome book with unexpected joy and gladness
    • 5/5
      I'm going to read this one over and over again. It's a bit meatier than her other books on faith--fewer anecdotes and more metaphors. Metaphors that require multiple readings and meditations. And such a good balance of extending mercy to others, but also to ourselves...both with which I need more practice.
    • 1/5
      the author assumed
      1) im not trans (i am)
      2) i have never been suicidal (i often have been)
      3) i agree that faithlessness is a horrible flaw (i do not agree)
      4) my (first, normal) puberty involved estrogen and not testosterone (other way around)
      5) i think marriage and having kids would be easy (i do not)
      6) all drugs r evil!! and lead to false insight!!! (#notalldrugs)
      7) i went to college (okay i did, but wow elitism)
      8) i could get a job on a whim (this has demonstrably not been the case!!!!!)

      soooooooo cissexist, a bit ableist & neurotypical, denigrating the non-religious, elitist, inaccurate/harmful/prudish portrayal of drugs, and condescends the reader

      i had to stop reading actually, the maybe the second half makes up for all of this (i doubt it)
    • 5/5
      A beautiful little book that reads like a poem and contains deep wells of wisdom. I want this book to run through my life like a song. So much room to grow and so much encouragement to push ourselves to new heights of mercy, to stretch our wings and test the limits of our empathy for our fellow travelers and for ourselves. In the age of internet forums, this is a timely book about a largely discredited virtue.
    • 3/5
      I have generally liked Lamott's books and liked this one. Her reasoning and examples fit her theme well and the book makes a good case for loving, caring, compassion and empathy, the building blocks of mercy.
      Still, there wasn't a lot of substance. She made her point, applied it to various situations and traced sources for the mercies she had experienced in her own formation, but in the end, the point is rather straightforward and probably didn't need so many pages to get the point made. It is an enjoyable read, but not as enjoyable or as satisfying as are her other books.
    • 1/5
      the author assumed
      1) im not trans (i am)
      2) i have never been suicidal (i often have been)
      3) i agree that faithlessness is a horrible flaw (i do not agree)
      4) my (first, normal) puberty involved estrogen and not testosterone (other way around)
      5) i think marriage and having kids would be easy (i do not)
      6) all drugs r evil!! and lead to false insight!!! (#notalldrugs)
      7) i went to college (okay i did, but wow elitism)
      8) i could get a job on a whim (this has demonstrably not been the case!!!!!)

      soooooooo cissexist, a bit ableist & neurotypical, denigrating the non-religious, elitist, inaccurate/harmful/prudish portrayal of drugs, and condescends the reader

      i had to stop reading actually, the maybe the second half makes up for all of this (i doubt it)