All New People: A Novel

by Anne Lamott

Overview

With generosity, humor, and pathos, Anne Lamott takes on the barrage of dislocating changes that shook the Sixties. Leading us through the wake of these changes is Nanny Goodman, a girl living in Marin County, California. A half-adult child among often childish adults, Nanny grows up with two spectacularly odd parents: a writer father and a mother who is a constant source of material. As she moves into her adolescence, so, it seems, does America. While grappling with her own coming-of-age, Nanny witnesses an entire culture's descent into drugs, the mass exodus of fathers from her town, and rapid real-estate and technological development that foreshadow a drastically different future. In All New People , Anne Lamott works a special magic, transforming failure into forgiveness and illuminating the power of love to redeem us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619027930
Publisher:	Counterpoint Press
Publication date:	09/13/2016
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	103,517
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Anne Lamott is the best-selling author of Operating Instructions , Bird by Bird , Traveling Mercies , Blue Shoe , and Joe Jones. She lives in Northern California with her son, Sam.

Hometown:

Fairfax, California

Date of Birth:

1954

Place of Birth:

San Francisco, California

Education:

Attended Goucher College in Maryland before dropping out to write