Rosie

by Anne Lamott

Book Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow ; Small Mercies ; and Stitches , a wise and witty novel about motherhood. Look out for Anne's next book, Hallelujah Anyway , coming in 2017. In Anne Lamott's wise and witty novel, the growing pains of motherhood are portrayed with rare humor and honesty. If Elizabeth Ferguson had her way, she'd spend her days savoring good books, cooking great meals, and waiting for the love of her life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140264795
• ISBN13: 9780140264791
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Another great one from Anne Lamott!

I can hardly believe what some of the reviewers have said of this wonderful book. Where is my elephant gun? Pay absolutely no attention to anyone who claims this isn't up to Lamott's par. Rosie is not just a brilliant read, it is a superlative re-read. She's created another riveting tale of family woes and the love that keeps them in order. However, this novel has a unique coming-of-age brand of its own. The telling of a mother's struggles with alcoholism is poignant and enthralling. I am so relieved I can now lend out my dog-eared second-hand copy and purchase a new one for my shelves. Fans of Lamott rejoice! Now all we need is a new effort from this brilliant author.

An Outstanding Book With Vivid Unforgettable Characters

If you are an Anne Lamott fan, you must read this book. If you are not familiar with the writing of Anne Lamott, you have even more reason to read this novel. Rosie is a masterpiece of characterization. Elizabeth Ferguson is an avid reader and an unemployed widow and an struggling alcoholic-a mother's whose love shines through her fog of alcoholism. Her primary love is her precocious daughter Rosie will steal your heart-sometimes she is more grow up at eight years old than her mother. Having read Bird By Bird, I was ready for the graphic and funny style of Ms. Lamott. Being a writer, I especially aware that she knows how to put her writing advice to work in a realistic modern novel. I strongly recommend you read, this novel. Once you have started you will not be able to put it down until you are finished.

An enigmatic and captivating book

Fabulous read- a truly wonderful book. Here we find Elizabeth, attempting to be the best mother she can be -while under the influence, and Rosie, a character not to be reckoned with. A sprite she is at all her five years!Rosie reconstructs the family she's longed for, and in doing so cures her mother of alcoholism. Good Job! Quirky, personal, and poignant all describe the work of Anne Lamott. Read this-you won't be dissappoined.

ROSIE was riveting

feh to the armchair psychiatrists...ROSIE was just as absorbing and real as any of Lamott's work. It seems as though people bring a bulging satchel of unrelated subtext to these reviews...so I will stick to the book at hand. Lamott's characters as always are people you feel live next door, and that you would not run if you saw coming. Rae for example is almost exactly like my late stepmother; I would give anything to meet her and let her sly humor into my life....which is what I did when I read ROSIE. I guess I've read it two or there times, and each time I revel in its treasures.....the unlikely and gritty love story, the alcoholic dilemmas which Lamott faces square on, not sparing us the ghastly details. it made me want to drink less and like myself more, ROSIE. some books are equally well written but make one want to cataopult oneself from a tall building. Lamott's work is life-affirming, funny, and tangibly human. Thank you, Annie. The only thing sloppy about this book is the praise I feel: for that I do apologize. You deserve a more dignified fan, instead I jump up and down, waving chocolate.

An inspirational glance into lovable dysfunction.

Anne Lamott does what we want her to do: show us, the reader, a piece of her soul. In Rosie, we meet Elizabeth and Rosie. A mother-daughter team that represents a realistic slice of the new American life. Unemployed, widowed, alcoholic Elizabeth is neither pathetic or tragic. She is human, so much so, that you wish you could phone her up to come for dinner. Her daughter, the unbelievable Rosie, is an extension of her troubled passionate mother. This is a brilliant novel, easily a pick for a book club or a gift for a close friend. It's impossible not to love something about this book.