All New People: A Novel [Paperback]

With generosity, humor, and pathos, Anne Lamott takes on the barrage of dislocating changes that shook the Sixties. Leading us through the wake of these changes is Nanny Goodman, a girl living in Marin County, California. A half-adult child among often childish adults, Nanny grows up with two spectacularly odd parents: a writer father and a mother who is a constant source of material. As she moves into her adolescence, so, it seems, does America. While grappling with her own coming-of-age, Nanny witnesses an entire culture's descent into drugs, the mass exodus of fathers from her town, and rapid real-estate and technological development that foreshadow a drastically different future. InAll New People, Anne Lamott works a special magic, transforming failure into forgiveness and illuminating the power of love to redeem us.

Anne Lamottis the best-selling author ofOperating Instructions,Bird by Bird,Traveling Mercies,Blue Shoe, andJoe Jones. She lives in Northern California with her son, Sam.