Operating Instructions A Journal of My Son's Fi

It’snotlikeshe’stheonlywomantoeverhaveababy.Atthirty-five.Onherown.ButAnneLamottmakesitallfreshinhernow-classicaccountofhowsheandhersonandnumerousfriendsandneighborsandsomestrangerssurvivedandthrivedinthatallimportantfirstyear.Fromfindingoutthatherbabyisaboy(andgettingusedtotheidea)tofindingoutthatherbestfriendandgreatestsupporterPamwilldieofcancer(andnotgettingusedtothatidea)，withagenerousamountofwitandfaith(butverylittlepiousness)，Lamottnarratesthegreatandsmalleventsthatmakeupawoman’slife.