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A review by kricketa
Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son by Sam Lamott, Anne Lamott
4.0
the extremely fabulous anne lamott shares her journals from the first year of her grandson jax's life. it's an interesting parallel to 'operating instructions' (the first year of jax's father, sam's life) but in some ways it didn't work as well. for one thing, annie is a bit of a meddling grandmother. granted, she admits to this readily and is working on it, but it's a leeeetle stressful to read about. and then, in the middle of the book, anne goes on a trip to india. i know she was doing the "this is the first year of jax's life" thing, and that she missed jax while she was in india, but i felt like that section really stuck out as having nothing to do with the rest of the book.
but, as lindsay and i have discussed, we are willing to forgive anne lamott just about anything, because we love her so much. she still has such beautiful little wisdoms and i read them and think "oh, anne. yes. that's true." also, it's fun to read the sections that sam wrote, because i feel like i watched him grow up. (even though he's only 7 years younger than i am.) also, sam is a total cutie! did you see that author photo?
and so i will add my copy of "some assembly required" to my very special anne lamott bookshelf, and probably read a bunch of her other books over again now.
but, as lindsay and i have discussed, we are willing to forgive anne lamott just about anything, because we love her so much. she still has such beautiful little wisdoms and i read them and think "oh, anne. yes. that's true." also, it's fun to read the sections that sam wrote, because i feel like i watched him grow up. (even though he's only 7 years younger than i am.) also, sam is a total cutie! did you see that author photo?
and so i will add my copy of "some assembly required" to my very special anne lamott bookshelf, and probably read a bunch of her other books over again now.