Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385480016
ISBN-139780385480017
eBay Product ID (ePID)130866

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameBird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
SubjectStyle Manuals, Personal & Practical Guides, Authorship, Composition & Creative Writing
FeaturesReprint
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReference, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorAnne Lamott
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-010225
Reviews"Superb writing advice... hilarious, helpful and  provocative." -- New York Times Book  Review . "A warm, generous and  hilarious guide through the writer's world and its  treacherous swamps." -- Los Angeles  Times . "A gift to all of  us mortals who write or ever wanted to write...  sidesplittingly funny, patiently wise and alternately  cranky and kind -- a reveille to get off our duffs  and start writing now , while we  still can." -- Seattle  Times ., "Superb writing advice... hilarious, helpful and  provocative." --New York Times Book  Review. "A warm, generous and  hilarious guide through the writer's world and its  treacherous swamps." --Los Angeles  Times. "A gift to all of  us mortals who write or ever wanted to write...  sidesplittingly funny, patiently wise and alternately  cranky and kind -- a reveille to get off our duffs  and start writingnow, while we  still can." --Seattle  Times. From the Trade Paperback edition., "Superb writing advice... hilarious, helpful and  provocative." --New York Times Book  Review. "A warm, generous and  hilarious guide through the writer's world and its  treacherous swamps." --Los Angeles  Times. "A gift to all of  us mortals who write or ever wanted to write...  sidesplittingly funny, patiently wise and alternately  cranky and kind -- a reveille to get off our duffs  and start writingnow, while we  still can." --Seattle  Times.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal808/.02
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisFor a quarter century, more than a million readers--scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities--have been inspired by Anne Lamott's hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne's father--also a writer--in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'" An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come., An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. For a quarter century, more than a million readers--scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities--have been inspired by Anne Lamott's hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne's father--also a writer--in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'", NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer's world and its treacherous swamps" ( Los Angeles Times ). "Superb writing advice.... Hilarious, helpful, and provocative." -- The New York Times Book Review For a quarter century, more than a million readers--scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities--have been inspired by Anne Lamott's hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne's father--also a writer--in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'"
LC Classification NumberPN147.L315 1995
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