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Anne Lamott preaches to her choir in ‘Somehow: Thoughts on Love’

Anne Lamott, a self-declared “spiritual ATM,” has long been on a mission to uplift people’s spirits. Her warm personal essays dispense insights into grace, mercy, hope, and faith by combining the profound with the profane, depth with deprecation, and gratitude with gripes. 

“Somehow: Thoughts on Love,” Lamott’s 20th book, published to coincide with her 70th birthday, celebrates the many forms love can take, and the many ways it can

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