Hard laughter
Hard laughter by Anne Lamott is a 1979 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker Anne Lamott, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- In the catalogue: The 1st of 13 books by Anne Lamott on Books Worth Reading (1979–2021), by publication year.
- Edition: Viking Press, 1979 · 290 pages
From the publisher
Jennifer is twenty three when her beloved father, Wallace, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. This catastrophic discovery sets off Anne Lamott's unexpectedly sweet and funny first novel, which is made dramatic not so much by the course of Wallace's illness as by the emotional wake it sweeps under Jen and her brothers, self contained Ben and Feckless, lovable Randy. With characteristic affection and dead on accuracy, Lamott sketches this offbeat family and their nearest and dearest as they draw ever closer in the intimacy Jen prizes among the other estimable things: good music, good hard laughter, good sex, good industry, and good books."
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- Novels (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish)
- The concept of creativity in science and art
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
- The Way Back Home
- Diana Nyad's Basic training for women
- Judgement under uncertainty