"Love \;is our only hope\," Anne Lamot t writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice \, but it is always the right one\, the noble path\, the way home to safet y\, no matter how bleak the future looks." In \;Somehow: \;Thought s \;on \;Love\, Lamott explores the transformative power that \;love \;has in our lives: how it surprises us\, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths\, reminds us of our humanity\, and guides us forward . "Love \;just won't be pinned down\," she says. "It is in our very at mosphere" and lies at the heart of who we are. We are\, Lamott says\, crea tures of \;love. In each chapter of "Somehow\," Lamott refracts all th e colors of the spectrum. She explores the unexpected \;love \;for a partner later in life. The bruised (and bruising) \;love \;for a child who disappoints\, even frightens. The sustaining \;love \; among a group of sinners\, for a community in transition\, in the wider wo rld. The lessons she underscores are that \;love \;enlightens as i t educates\, comforts as it energizes\, sustains as it surprises. \;So mehow \;is Anne Lamott's twentieth book\, and in it she draws from her own life and experience to delineate the intimate and elemental ways that \;love \;buttresses us in the face of despair as it galvanizes us to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. Full of the compassio n and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers\, "Som ehow" is classic Anne Lamott: funny\, warm\, and wise."&mdash\;From Catalo g.
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