Blue Shoe

"[T]his is a quiet book, preoccupied with family talk. Fortunately, Mattie's family talks well....The acceptance of one's imperfections is a pillar of wisdom in Lamott's New Age Christianity. Mattie is an embodiment of that philosophy, but she's better written than that makes her sound. She and her family are hilariously specific....[T]he problem is that Lamott mistakes her characters' affectations for virtues....Our curiosity about earnest, sad, funny Mattie makes it easy to accept her author's imperfections....If readers can understand that Lamott's conversation with Jesus is similar to an alert person's ongoing inner struggle toward self-knowledge and understanding others, toward real justice and compassion..., they will see the strength of BLUE SHOE....Lamott, Anne is the author of 'Blue Shoe' with ISBN 9781587243622 and ISBN 1587243628.