Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

<b>From the bestselling author of <i>Help, Thanks, Wow</i> and <i>Stitches</i> comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it.<br></b><br>&quot;Mercy is radical kindness,&quot; Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book, <i>Hallelujah Anyway</i>. It's the permission you give others - and yourself - to forgive a debt, to absolve the unabsolvable, to let go of the judgment and pain that make life so difficult.<br><br> In <i>Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy</i> Lamott ventures to explore where to find meaning in life. We should begin, she suggests, by &quot;facing a great big mess, especially the great big mess of ourselves.&quot; It's up to each of us to recognize the presence and importance of mercy everywhere - &quot;within us and outside us, all around us&quot; - and to use it to forge a deeper understanding of ourselves and more honest connections with each other. While that can be difficult to do, Lamott argues that it's crucial, as &quot;kindness towards others, beginning with myself, buys us a shot at a warm and generous heart, the greatest prize of all.&quot; <br><br> Full of Lamott's trademark honesty, humor and forthrightness, <i>Hallelujah Anyway</i> is profound and caring, funny and wise - a hopeful book of hands-on spirituality.<b><br><br></b><br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>