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Author: Anne Lamott
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Dimension: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
Weight: 14.7 ounces.

A Degree of Faith Restored
I am a patriotic American and member of an Evangelical Christian Church who is opposed to the war and disheartened by the ineptitude (and fundamental dishonesty) of the Bush administration. As such, I appreciate Lamott's insight into the internal struggle... more

Prepare to be shaken or stirred with tears or laugher
Annie Lamott is a rare gift to readers. I love her courage, intelligence, honest humor, depth of heart and fine writing talent. Buying her book, I know that I will be alternating between tears and laughter (and sometimes both). I know I will be touched... more

Faith it is not!
Anne Lamott is talented writer with a gift for prose. Unfortunately, in this case she chose to use her considerable gifts to rip the President, democracy, patriotism and every other traditional value known to man. I was hoping to actually read something... more

Makes You Stop And Think: Who Would Buy It?
Illiterature at its most faddistic point. The plot and characters cruelly disjoint. This isn't writing that will edify, but typing: word-processing who can buy?

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Disservices the Bible
Breezing through this book, it seemed captivating at first. But soon my sensibilities were jarred by how she treats accounts in the Bible. In one case, she imagines the apostles in the upper room on Good Friday depressed, drunk and cursing their fate... more

A Veritable Message Carried by an Unlikely Messenger
I have almost nothing in common with the Anne Lamott.

George Bush, to me, does not represent the end of civilization as we know it. My three children, my wife and I survived their adolescence. Time passes. With help, I survive, occasionally,... more

Not for the sanctimonious nor narrow minded
Intelligent, thoughtful Christians who take their spiritual journey seriously - with a sense of wonder and discovery, pain and joy, humor and sadness - will appreciate Lamott sharing her own journey with us.

She doesn't purport to speak... more

So very dissappointing
I had been hoarding this book against a bad day and when that day came -- a day on which I was depressed and discouraged about the sheer meanness of people -- Plan B only made it worse. Her continued diatribes against Bush and the right wing (an undefined... more

Honesty vs. Piety
Lamott is fun to read. She's poetic, intelligent, articulate, and sincere. In contrast, many of her reviewers here on Amazon demonstrate what is repugnant about so many self-proclaimed Believers: their self-righteous intolerance in the name of the Lord.... more

BEST TO MAKE OTHER PLANS, DEAR CHRIST-FOLLOWER
DISCERN, DEAR SEEKER. CAUTION IS ADVISED.
SPIRITUALITY THINLY DISGUISED,
FAUX CHRISTIANLINESS VAGUELY UNDERSIZED.

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Self-Help Without the Help
I share many of the same struggles which is why I hoped to find solid answers and a model to follow. Partway thru, it struck me: this is all about self-help with only one minor component missing: the help. I finally decided to go to the Bible direct and... more

Thoughts best kept to herself
dismally dysfunctional, sophomoric sassiness, shallow self-preoccupation.

as the book went on and on and on without really getting anywhere in a stream of semi-consciousness, it didn't matter to me what her politics were or many of her private... more

Anne is so Human
I don't necessarily agree with the idea of plan B, I believe Anne is just moving along lifes trek being a human adjusting to daily change. From family to her own god given responsibility for her actions, Anne is a true seeker. What is it she is seeking?... more

Anne took the Road Less Traveled as Scott Peck+ R. Frost!
I cannot compete with her disparagers. I may have been in their company IF I had locked myself into dear Mother's Scofield KJV! During the 1950's "Searching the Scriptures" by H.E.Dana gave Seminary students valid permission to add literary criticism... more

Not for the rigidly "appropriate"....
Anne Lamott is, well, many of us. Theology just always comes down to "How did you treat the least of these?" If you feel it's inappropriate to admit nastiness, mind clutter, personal hypocrisies.....(sin!) and still call yourself a Christian, then you... more

Broke My Heart!! What WERE You Thinking, Anne?
Yes, I sit here totally heartbroken this morning at having to give a Lamott book 2 pitiful little stars. I read the intro poem at the front of the book and was mesmerized, inspired and excited. I read "The Ham of God", the first essay and was in hog... more

Easy, breezy reading
I found this book funny, quirky, amusing, and even thought provoking. Some people may not like the way Anne Lamott talks about God and religion but then you can't please everyone. This book is a quick read - like a patchwork quilt of short stories woven... more

Plain Bad; Try Another Plan B or Back to Bible's Plan A
Sorry I just couldn't get into any rhythm with her writing. It's not so much the style as the substance of what she harps on that is a put-off. Much of what she says comes across in an engaging way, but then WHAMMO! comes the inappropriate or out of place... more

Treasure and savor it
I'm reading Plan B in small bites to make it last like a really decadent piece of dark chocolate. I'm so grateful for writers like Anne Lamott and Don Miller whose pages and voices (do what you can to hear them speak!) show that being a follower of... more

Thoughts? More Like Juvenile Jabs at Pet Peeves
INTOLERANT. INTOLERABLE.

I ran into the 'f' word twice (not to mention other gratuitous profanities and rantings against the duly elected government that got old really quick by chapter 1!) by an ostensibly 'christian' author before I had... more

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