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When she stumbles upon a small blue shoe and other small items left behind in her deceased father's car, Mattie Ryder, a divorced mother of two, and her brother struggle to uncover the truth about their dysfunctional upbringing.

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"[For] anyone who's ever had a heartache or a family."

Brave and weirdly lovable. ("New York Times Book Review") Irrestible...a work full of shaggy, truthful claim. ("San Francisco Chronicle") Philosophical, honest, and poignant. ("Boston Herald") The novel's effect on the reader is profoundly springlike. It is tonic. ("Minneapolis Star-Tribune")

"Messy, brave and weirdly lovable...a substantial literary pleasure."—New York Times Book Review

"Moving and funny, fetchingly irreverent and soulful, Blue Shoe is an absolute joy."—Chicago Sun-Times

"Everybody loves Anne Lamott...[she] writes with an emotional shorthand that's instantly decipherable and funny to anyone who's had children—or parents."—The Christian Science Monitor

"Irresistible...Lamott has created a work full of shaggy, truthful charm."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Glorious...After reading Blue Shoe, you feel as if you had sat on the kitchen floor and talked with the author late into the night about your mothers, your bodies, your lovers, and God. And that, in a nutshell, is the minor miracle of Lamott's writing."—The Atlanta Journal Constitution

"Philosophical, honest, and poignant, Lamott writes about real life and how it goes on, through good and through bad."—Boston Herald

"The novel's effect on the reader is profoundly springlike: It is tonic."—Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Anyone who's ever had a heartache—or a family—will relate to Anne Lamott's poignant novels."—Rosie Magazine

"Blue Shoe is a gift you will want to give yourself."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About the Author:
Anne Lamott is the New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches; Some Assembly Required; Grace (Eventually); Plan B; Traveling Mercies; Bird by Bird; Operating Instructions, and the forthcoming Hallelujah Anyway. She is also the author of several novels, including Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.

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  • PublisherWheeler Pub Inc
  • Publication date2003
  • ISBN 10 1587243628
  • ISBN 13 9781587243622
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages413
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