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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Contributor(s): Lamott, Anne (Author)

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ISBN: 0385480016     ISBN-13: 9780385480017
Publisher: Vintage
OUR PRICE: $16.15  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1995
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Annotation: "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.'"
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Authorship
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Style Manuals
Dewey: 808.02
LCCN: 95010225
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" L (0.48 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: New York Times 11/19/1995 pg. 44
Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 38
 
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Publisher Description:
An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.

For a quarter century, more than a million readers--scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities--have been inspired by Anne Lamott's hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne's father--also a writer--in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:

"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.'"

 
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