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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lamott, Anne. Blue shoe / by Anne Lamott.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-57322-226-7

1. Northern California--Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
3. Female friendship--Fiction. 4. Divorced women--Fiction.

5. Single mothers--Fiction. I. Title.

PS3562.A464 B57 2002 2002022824

813'.54--dc21

Printed in the United States of America

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

BOOK DESIGN BY AM AND A DEWEY

Acknowledgments.

I am so grateful to David Talbot, who published some of this material
in slightly different form, at salon. com Over the years, he has
offered me the ideal space in which to try out new work, and I greatly
value his friendship, and his magazine. It would be hard to capture my
gratitude to Sarah Chalfant and Andrew Wylie, my agents. Sarah's
constancy and faith in this book were the small campfire at which I
warmed myself whenever I was afraid. Sonesh Chainani at the Wylie
agency was always there for me, working too hard and making me laugh.

Cindy Spiegel, my editor at Riverhead, took a huge chance on me, and I
greatly value her work on this book. My copy editor, Anna Jardinc, was
dogged and brilliant: together she and Cindy saved me from my gravest
writerly defects. Cindy's assistant, Venetia van Kuffeler, is a
marvel.

Doug Foster worked with me every step of the way, as editor and birth
coach. This book would not exist without his contributions.

Neshama Franklin, Mark Childress, and Robyn Posin, so wise, smart, and
funny, helped me more than I can say.

I could not get by without the tenderness and direction of the