"It's not like she's the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), ... Lamott narrates the great and small events that make up ...
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"It's not like she's the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), ... Lamott narrates the great and small events that make up a woman's life"--Amazon.com.
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Add this copy of Operating Instructions, a Journal of My Son's First to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by Take Five Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ashland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Fawcett Columbine.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0679420916. Signed by author on half-title page; Book and DJ have mild edgewear, owner's inscription on flyleaf; DJ has tiny nick to bottom spine; DJ in protective Brodart cover; 251 pages; Signed by Author.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. 251 pages. First Edition. A journal of the author s birth of her son Sam and their first year together. Selected by Modern Library as one of the 20th century's 100 best nonfiction books. Fine in fine dustjacket. Signed by Lamott.
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Very good in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author AND subject (Anne's son Sam) on the title page (signatures only). 1st edition, no numberline (1st printing). Dust jacket is fine in protective mylar sleeve. Softening to base of spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 251 p. Audience: General/trade. Mild shelfwear to bottoms of boards. By the author of 'Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son' and 'Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life'. Rare signed by Sam (not in year of publication...). Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
