2012年3月29日 · You roll with the punches. Anne Lamott's new book, Some Assembly Required, is a witty and refreshingly honest record of the joys and stresses of becoming a first-time …

2023年2月14日 · For author Lamott, it was a crash course in the challenges and blessings of an extended family. My very young son became a father in mid-July of 2009, when his girlfriend, …

2021年3月3日 · Anne was worried Sam and his girlfriend were too young for parenthood, but once the news sank in, she was flooded with love for her future grandson. Jax was born in July …

2024年4月8日 · In a new book, the memoirist reflects on the ties between parents, children and grandchildren.

2013年6月25日 · In July 2009, Jax was born, and Anne, 55, became his delighted, if angst-ridden, paternal grandmother. “They were both a little young, but who asked me?” Lamott writes in …

2012年3月4日 · Written — to some extent — with her son Sam, it tells the story of her grandson Jax from delivery to first birthday, echoing the form and some of the concerns of “Operating …

2011年5月8日 · Anne Lamott and her grandson Jax, left (image courtesy of the author), and Meredith Maran (image --

Her first published novel Hard Laughter was written for him after his diagnosis of brain cancer. She has one son, Sam, who was born in August 1989 and a grandson, Jax, born in July 2009. …

2024年6月1日 · Anne Lamott is at her absolute best in her new book Somehow: Thoughts on Love. She writes about her usual topics – her difficult son and adorable grandson, her kind …

2012年3月20日 · In Some Assembly Required, Anne Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter of her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to …