[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)

2010. 1983. ISBN 0-679-43520-4.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area her nonfiction works are largely autobiographical. Marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness Lamott's writings cover such subjects as alcoholism single motherhood depression and Christianity.