Crooked Little Heart by Anne Lamott - ISBN: 9780385491808
Paperback
A close-knit family from Marin County, California, the Fergusons struggle to cope with the trials and tribulations of life, while thirteen-year-old Rosie, obsessed with becoming a tennis champion, embarks on a desperate cycle of cheating.

Crooked Little Heart

A Novel

  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    18 May 1998

Summary

NATIONAL BESTSELLER . From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes an exuberant, richly absorbing novel about a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected. . “Eloquent, detailed, emotionally honest… Lamott deserves praise for telling it like it is.” -PeopleRosie Ferguson, in the first bloom of young womanhood, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband; her…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780385491808
ISBN-10:0385491808
Author:Anne Lamott
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:18 May 1998
Weight:264g
Dimensions:202mm x 132mm x 18mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Pulses with an emotional generosity that is rare.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Eloquent, detailed, emotionally honest… Lamott deserves praise for telling it like it is.” —People

“Crooked Little Heart
… incapacitated me for several days. I could do little else but move from one reading post to another throughout my house and yard, and follow the continuing story of Rosie Ferguson in the summer of her 13th year…. The writing is threaded with precise imagery, tenderness, and high humor.” —L.A. Weekly

“Lamott’s descriptive talents are considerable and… consistently evocative. Crooked Little Heart is likely to win [her] the huge and appreciative audience her masterful fiction demands.” —Boston Globe

About The Author

Anne Lamott

ANNE LAMOTT is the author of theNew York Times bestsellersAlmost Everything;Hallelujah Anyway;Help, Thanks, Wow;Small Victories;Stitches;Some Assembly Required;Grace (Eventually);Plan B;Traveling Mercies; andOperating Instructions. She is also the author of seven novels, includingImperfect Birds andRosie. 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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