Operating instructions
a journal of my son's first year
by Anne Lamott
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It seems no mother of a newborn has ever been more hilarious, more honest, or more touching than Anne Lamott is in Operating Instructions. A single parent whose baby's father is out of the picture, Lamott struggles not only to support her little family by her wits and her writing but to stay sober at the same time. Faith in God helps; so does her loyal band of helpers, from her childless best friend Pammy to her mother and "Aunt Dudu" to the folks at the La Leche League hotline. And between colic, wheat-free diets, and the triumph of solid food, Lamott learns that blessings and losses come together, and that as our capacity for joy increases, so does our capacity for grief.
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Operating instructions: a journal of my son's first year
2005, Anchor Books
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Operating Instructions
April 21, 1997, Random House Value Publishing
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051713778X 9780517137789
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Operating instructions: a journal of my son's first year
1994, Fawcett Columbine
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044990928X 9780449909287
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
April 12, 1994, Ballantine Books
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Operating instructions: a journal of my son's first year
1993, Pantheon Books
in English
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0679420916 9780679420910
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