Read this book!I first saw Anne Lamott on the Rosie O'Donnell show, with her dread locks and warm personality, I put this book on that mile long list in my head of books to get. It was quite some time after, I was getting books to take with me on a trip that Traveling Mercies became the perfectly timed book for me to read.Anne Lamott writes like she's talking to you as a friend. I would recommend this book to anyone, even if they are not a religious person. For me, it spanned beyond religion, and became a book about life. It came into my life at a time when my mother was having cancer surgery, so perfectly timed.This is a story about Anne's journey while finding her faith, becoming a mother, dealing with very large problems and passing her quirky wisdom onto us, the reader.