Gold Star: “In what at first may seem like a jumbled mashup of stories and reflections, Lamott manages to deftly convey the idea that in trying to control things, we’ve largely lost our ability to see the good and the miraculous in everyday life. Gold Star: “Equal parts 12 Step meeting in the church basement and walks on the beach, it’s a prayer manual for people who wouldn’t be caught dead reading prayer manuals.”ĭemerit: ” It reads like it needed longer gestation or one more rewrite to go from casual-casual to casual-polished…” This is more self-help manual than essay collection.” Lamott has a magical way of explaining the ways and hows that prayer works for her, and may work for you. Wow.: The Three Essential Prayers (Riverhead 2012) with these words: I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe, over the past twenty-five years, that there’s something to be said about keeping prayer simple. But if you’re hoping for fully realized stories about Lamott’s own wrestling with religion, like those found in her previous books on faith, you’ll be disappointed.

Gold Star: “Prayer is a topic that can quickly turn treacly, but the reader needn’t fear that in Lamott’s irreverent hands.”ĭemerit: “If you seek a pithy explication of prayer, as understood by one reliably funny Christian, this is your book. Lamott has a new book out called Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.

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