http://joys.net/2796/hard-laughter-a-novel/ Bringing Joys and Happiness Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://joys.net/2796/hard-laughter-a-novel/#comment-9877 Nick Ingram Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:06:45 +0000 http://joys.net/2796/hard-laughter-a-novel/#comment-9877 Hard Laughter – A Moving and Funny Novel about Family Pain I stumbled onto Anne Lamott while grocery shopping. Marginally coping with a new baby and a three year old I picked up “Operating Instructions-A Journal of My Son’s First Year” and threw it into my cart. It quickly became my book of “daily affirmations” for the less than perfect parent. With hopeful anticipation I searched for more of her writing and found “Hard Laughter”. I wasn’t disappointed. The characters came alive and I realized the author was writing about her own family. These were the same voices I had grown to like so much in her journal. Once again her imperfect, humorous, messy, love-filled life lifted my spirits. I laughed even as I read of her father’s diagnosis and treatment of brain cancer. The only disappointment was that it ended too soon and I had to leave the characters I felt I knew so well. I can’t wait for more Lamott

]]> http://joys.net/2796/hard-laughter-a-novel/#comment-9876 CoffeeGurl Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:01:17 +0000 http://joys.net/2796/hard-laughter-a-novel/#comment-9876 Poignant… Reading one of Anne Lamott’s novels is like taking a refreshing cool bath on the hottest day of the year; it quenches the soul. Additionally, her wonderfully gritty voice resonates from the pages. The story of a family’s struggle to keep the happiness going through the most poignant and disarming moments of their lives is insightful, touching and memorable. Hilarious and poignant as ever, Lamott again illustrates how her characters make everything difficult seem worth undertaking. All in all, a wonderful and illuminating read…

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