In her trademark godly yet snarky way, she extracts every life lesson from her latest new experience with the deft zeal of a chef reducing flour and fat to roux.

Slim as it is, Somehow is flabby and sometimes cringey.

Lamott confronts the most complex of emotions in all its forms and contradictions.

Not Lamott at her best. But however familiar the platitudes, few will disagree with the commencement-worthy reminders..

Lamott’s many readers are loyal, and this will be an easy sell. But pass it on, too, to people who may not even realize that they are searching for ways to connect with and love others..

Lamott newbies will find this a kind view of loving oneself and others despite our collective imperfections..

Lamott brings her signature wit and warmth to these effervescent meditations on matters of the heart.