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Some assembly required : a journal of my son's first son / Anne Lamott ; with Sam Lamott.

ISBN: 9781594488412
ISBN: 159448841X
Physical Description: 272 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, [2012]
Copyright: &copy;2012

Lamott, Anne. (Author). Lamott, Sam. (Added Author).

Summary:

Here, Anne Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter of her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at nineteen, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson Jax's life. In careful and often hilarious detail, Lamott and Sam--about whom she first wrote so movingly in Operating Instructions--struggle to balance their changing roles with the demands of college and work, as they both forge new relationships with Jax's mother, who has her own ideas about how to raise a child. Lamott writes about the complex feelings that Jax fosters in her, recalling her own experiences with Sam when she was a single mother. Over the course of the year, the rhythms of life, death, family, and friends unfold in surprising and joyful ways. This is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family.--From publisher description.