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john obelenus's avatar

Just a thing that rings in my head. When you write "my current husband", I'm confused. I am divorced and remarried, but I never refer to my current wife as my "current" wife, she is my wife- I only have one...just curious?

Doug Miller's avatar

I think there might be a wink involved…

Wendy's avatar

Current and first - she married for the first time at 65. I enjoy “current” husband and also when she would call him her “own personal husband.”

Kristin Hayek's avatar

My one and only husband has been known to refer to me as his first wife.

Dan Crouser's avatar

My dad used to do that with my mom. He thought it was much funnier than she did.

Kristin Hayek's avatar

We’ve been married 36 years so I really don’t mind. 😉

Elizabeth Burns's avatar

It’s humor, one of the things that endears her to me🩷

john obelenus's avatar

Sounds like an inside joke, but I agree with you 😉

Sandhya Jain-Patel's avatar

I sometimes introduce my partner as “my first husband.” Keeps him on his toes 😜

Lucy Mize's avatar

Oh I am so glad that you noted it as I thought it was odd, a husband or wife is a spouse no matter the lineage, 1st, ex, last, current. But we quibble, I am really looking forward to this too.

Todd Warner's avatar

Just Ms. Lamott being Ms. Lamott. ;) The snark never ends. Heh.

Christine Abresch's avatar

My friend says, “My current only husband”.

Leslie Okun's avatar

That’s her style! Anne is Hilarious!

ADHD Academic's avatar

I ordered through your channel, via Kobo, but I have not had an email with the first three chapters. Did I do something wrong?

Neal Allen's avatar

Click the link above again. When the page opens, scroll to the REDEEM button. Click there.

ADHD Academic's avatar

Thanks! I have done those things and the email has arrived. I should’ve scrolled down, but I am on my phone and didn’t see it.

Jime99's avatar

Ok I pre-ordered via Amazon- where will I receive the free chapters?

Neal Allen's avatar

Click the link above again. When the page opens, scroll to the REDEEM button. Click there.

Jime99's avatar

Ok I think I figured it out thanks

Teresa Kay Albertson, MFA's avatar

I once referred to my second husband as my current husband. I thought it was hilarious. He didn’t. Now I accurately refer to him as my second ex-husband and I’m happy to do so.

Susan Worsley's avatar

I preordered on Amazon and will keep looking in my email for first 3 chapters. … or text??

Michele Miles Gardiner's avatar

That's it. I'll be clearing space on my Anne Lamott bookshelf. I had you and Nora Ephron together. Now it's just you, baby!

Susie Lonsberry's avatar

Pre-ordered and so excited! Thanks for the free chapters, and congrats on the book!

Handy Gleeson's avatar

Like others in the comments, I’m not sure how the free chapters are delivered after pre-ordering through this channel (via Bookshop).

Neal Allen's avatar

Click the link above again. When the page opens, scroll to the REDEEM button. Click there.

Devin Price-Presslaff's avatar

As a survivor of foster care and extreme childhood trauma—who soaked in too much cortisol as a child, I find it terribly difficult to write a cohesive narrative of my life start to finish. I will be digging into the stuff you guys release in hopes of finding something I can utilize.

It’s to the point now where if I don’t use AI to help weave what I have written to date, I will never get it out. The neurodivergence I suffer makes me feel this will forever be an uphill battle I can’t win without some assistance.

Maggie Heneghan's avatar

Any Canadian bookstores included in this option? Chapters/Indigo, for example.

Neal Allen's avatar

If you pre-order from any site, including foreign ones, you can redeem the bonus offer. The form is the same. Go to the link above. Click on it. Scroll past the pre-order button and click the REDEEM button.

Lisa Schoening's avatar

Pre- ordered and looking forward to it!

Miranda Writes's avatar

Preordered and I found a short on Amazon that you wrote! Boom! 🙏🏼❤️