Hi Kyra Analysis

Hi, Kyra. You struck a chord with me when you said Lamott (Anne) “feels like [an acquaintance]”, because it’s exactly how I felt not long after I started reading Small Victories! Her conversational style is something I want to blend into my own writings. I had to laugh when you spoke about how ‘Anne also uses the word “suck” a lot, and the fact you like how she breaks the boundaries associated with being a “Christian” author. One among the pieces I found particularly enjoyable was the somewhat satiric “Matches,” involving a brief period during which she had Match.com membership. It’s an essay mixing sarcastic and sincere emotions, clever evaluations and personal congratulations. Lamott says, among women she knows, “[none might] care if they