'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. 'Anne Lamott is at the top of her form in this complex coming-of-age novel in which tennis becomes the metaphor for life's toughest lessons.' Crooked Little Heart (997) Pantheon 997 (HC) Anne Lamott's 5th novel features Rosie Ferguson, a youngster who was first introduced to readers in the. Crooked Little Heart is absolutely brilliant.'

But there's also this: love, redemption, and the certainty that life goes on. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Fathers die, mothers drink, and an infected pimple can kill you or at least ruin your chances in junior high school. Crooked Little Heart: A Novel - Ebook written by Anne Lamott. In true Lamott fashion, life doesn't stay neatly within boundaries, the best team doesn't always win, and only the voyeur knows who you really are. She knows that what we don't know can hurt us. Crooked Little Heart With the same winning combination of humor and honesty that marked her recent nonfiction bestsellers, Operating Instructions and Bird. She's the astute observer of human nature. Crooked Little Heart: A Novel (Unabridged). crooked little heart by Anne Lamott RELEASE DATE: ApAfter a very successful nonfiction run (Bird by Bird, 1994, etc), Lamott returns with her fifth novel seemingly refreshed and invigorated with a further exploration of the world of Rosie Ferguson, the awkward adolescent tennis champion first seen in Rosie (1983). She's the two-way mirror of our hopes, insecurities, and cheating hearts. her two bestselling works of nonfiction, Anne Lamott now gives us an exuberant richly absorbing portrait. 'With Crooked Little Heart, Anne Lamott deserves to be called the Subconscious of America. ' Crooked Little Heart is pure Anne Lamott, with her marvelous, unique and totally original voice, so warm and welcoming, kind, and always so wonderfully, reliably, funny.'

Here's a sample of the advance praise that poured into Pantheon's offices recently:

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