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With great tenderness, humor and compassion, the author writes of her hitting rock bottom and discovering her spiritual self and becoming a liberal Christian. The author writes of her relationship with family, with alcohol, with illness and you laugh constantly. Best book I've read this year.
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Plot & Themes

Family, ill    -   Yes Who?    -   Father because he/she is    -   physically ill Phys disability/mental struggle?    -   Yes Struggle with    -   religion

Subject of Biography

Gender    -   Female Profession/status:    -   writer Ethnicity    -   White

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   3 () United States    -   Yes The US:    -   California Water?    -   Yes Water:    -   swimming on Century:    -   1980's-Present

Writing Style

Book makes you feel?    -   spiritual    -   like laughing How much dialogue in bio?    -   significantly more descript than dialog

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