Bibliograph

Bird by bird, some instructions on writing and life, Anne Lamott

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Label

Bird by bird, some instructions on writing and life, Anne Lamott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 239)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bird by bird

Nature of contents

handbooks

Responsibility statement

Anne Lamott

Sub title

some instructions on writing and life

Summary

"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'"

Target audience

adult

Classification