Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of Unexpected Love: A Memoir
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Review BookLife Prize 2017:Originality: 10 out of 10 Plot/Idea: 10 out of 10Prose: 10 out of 10Character/Execution: 10 out of 10Overall: 10.00 out of 10Assessment: Plot: Well plotted and well paced. That the character arc develops slowly makes the book that much more believable. I wouldn't cut a word. Prose: This gifted author's prose is beautiful, carefully wrought, and a pleasure to read. The only issue is the title, which doesn't do justice to a wonderful book. Originality: Wholly original. This makes Eat, Pray, Love look like a summer vacation. Character Development: The author's spiritual development occurs gradually. It is believable and by degree -- and brilliantly told. The way the author handles the deaths of her parents is both painful and perfect. Dasi walks the line between sentiment and sentimentality and never veers too far toward the latter. Blurb: As multi-faceted and luminous as the photos it contains, this book is an important historical and spiritual journey told seamlessly. -- The BookLife Prize. "This book will give pleasure and wisdom to many people, for many years to come." -- Howard J. Resnick, Ph.D., Harvard University "Whatever our own spiritual orientations and commitments might be, this memoir brings us into Visakha's world of material detox and spiritual reset, inviting us to look again and look deeper into ourselves and our motivations, convincing us that a 'lifetime of unexpected love' is truly possible." -- Kenneth R. Valpey, Ph.D, Oxford University "One of the best memoirs conveying the power of the spiritual that I have ever come across." -- Graham M. Schweig, Ph.D. Visiting Professor and Research Scholar, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of Unexpected Love by Visakha Dasi is a brilliant memoir about a woman's struggles in coming to terms with her spiritual realization, conditioning her mind to overcome her atheism, and her transformative spiritual journey amid many challenging circumstances. The memoir speaks about a woman who goes to India with her boyfriend, John, to capture how villagers lived in a quaint Indian village without the complexity and stress which is typical of Western life. Things take a different turn when she comes into contact with her spiritual guru. The book draws readers in with its honesty, faith, and the author's personal experiences. It is a memoir of self-realization, self-discovery, and an inner journey that will leave readers inspired and motivated to look for answers that revolve around God and faith. The author's insights, thought-provoking reasoning, and her account of Prabhupada and his movement reveal the spiritual journey of a young woman who starts questioning her lifestyle, goals, values, and identity. The narration is descriptive and the black and white photographs are starkly vivid - they capture the essence and mood of the author's words. The way she has woven her story is simple, yet she manages to encourage readers to find their own spiritual path. The book is refreshingly unique, the emotions are palpable through the words and pictures, and the struggles and obstacles undergone and faced by the author during her journey as a spiritual seeker make it a compelling and thoughtful memoir. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dasi (Harmony and the Bhagavad-gita, 2015, etc.) recounts her spiritual awakening in India in this memoir. Dasi (née Jean Papert) was studying photography as an undergraduate in Rochester, New York, when she met and fell in love with a photojournalism graduate student named John Griesser. She followed Griesser to India, where he was completing a project on the Hare Krishna movement. Dasi's initial impressions of the country were less than ecstatic. "The moment I looked out the window at Bombay's international airport," she recalls, "the term 'third-world' shed its mystery." Soon, however, the beauty of the landscape and the deep spiritual history of its peoples began to pull on Dasi and Griesser both. Over the course of their Hare Krishna project, which kept them in the close company of the movement's charismatic founder, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the couple became enamored of the guru's teachings. The world of ashrams and devotees was highly distinct from the Long Island of Dasi's youth. For the first time, she felt she was surrounded by people "who harmonized their lives with a higher purpose, who chose to control their minds, who were not at the mercy of passion, who were striving for something pure and great." This book is an account of Dasi's and Griesser's gradual conversion to the teachings of the Hare Krishna, set against the backdrop of the dynamic India of the early 1970s. The text is accompanied with brilliant photographs the couple took during that time, which lovingly frame the country as a place of great devotion. Dasi is a talented writer, particularly when it comes to documenting the specifics of places and people. Like the photographs, her descriptions are lyrical and evocative while remaining rooted in impoverished reality. -- Kirkus Reviews Read more Review "Brilliant photographs ... a talented writer ... her descriptions are lyrical and evocative." -- Kirkus Reviews (excerpt) Read more See all Editorial Reviews
Review BookLife Prize 2017:Originality: 10 out of 10 Plot/Idea: 10 out of 10Prose: 10 out of 10Character/Execution: 10 out of 10Overall: 10.00 out of 10Assessment: Plot: Well plotted and well paced. That the character arc develops slowly makes the book that much more believable. I wouldn't cut a word. Prose: This gifted author's prose is beautiful, carefully wrought, and a pleasure to read. The only issue is the title, which doesn't do justice to a wonderful book. Originality: Wholly original. This makes Eat, Pray, Love look like a summer vacation. Character Development: The author's spiritual development occurs gradually. It is believable and by degree -- and brilliantly told. The way the author handles the deaths of her parents is both painful and perfect. Dasi walks the line between sentiment and sentimentality and never veers too far toward the latter. Blurb: As multi-faceted and luminous as the photos it contains, this book is an important historical and spiritual journey told seamlessly. -- The BookLife Prize. "This book will give pleasure and wisdom to many people, for many years to come." -- Howard J. Resnick, Ph.D., Harvard University "Whatever our own spiritual orientations and commitments might be, this memoir brings us into Visakha's world of material detox and spiritual reset, inviting us to look again and look deeper into ourselves and our motivations, convincing us that a 'lifetime of unexpected love' is truly possible." -- Kenneth R. Valpey, Ph.D, Oxford University "One of the best memoirs conveying the power of the spiritual that I have ever come across." -- Graham M. Schweig, Ph.D. Visiting Professor and Research Scholar, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of Unexpected Love by Visakha Dasi is a brilliant memoir about a woman's struggles in coming to terms with her spiritual realization, conditioning her mind to overcome her atheism, and her transformative spiritual journey amid many challenging circumstances. The memoir speaks about a woman who goes to India with her boyfriend, John, to capture how villagers lived in a quaint Indian village without the complexity and stress which is typical of Western life. Things take a different turn when she comes into contact with her spiritual guru. The book draws readers in with its honesty, faith, and the author's personal experiences. It is a memoir of self-realization, self-discovery, and an inner journey that will leave readers inspired and motivated to look for answers that revolve around God and faith. The author's insights, thought-provoking reasoning, and her account of Prabhupada and his movement reveal the spiritual journey of a young woman who starts questioning her lifestyle, goals, values, and identity. The narration is descriptive and the black and white photographs are starkly vivid - they capture the essence and mood of the author's words. The way she has woven her story is simple, yet she manages to encourage readers to find their own spiritual path. The book is refreshingly unique, the emotions are palpable through the words and pictures, and the struggles and obstacles undergone and faced by the author during her journey as a spiritual seeker make it a compelling and thoughtful memoir. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dasi (Harmony and the Bhagavad-gita, 2015, etc.) recounts her spiritual awakening in India in this memoir. Dasi (née Jean Papert) was studying photography as an undergraduate in Rochester, New York, when she met and fell in love with a photojournalism graduate student named John Griesser. She followed Griesser to India, where he was completing a project on the Hare Krishna movement. Dasi's initial impressions of the country were less than ecstatic. "The moment I looked out the window at Bombay's international airport," she recalls, "the term 'third-world' shed its mystery." Soon, however, the beauty of the landscape and the deep spiritual history of its peoples began to pull on Dasi and Griesser both. Over the course of their Hare Krishna project, which kept them in the close company of the movement's charismatic founder, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the couple became enamored of the guru's teachings. The world of ashrams and devotees was highly distinct from the Long Island of Dasi's youth. For the first time, she felt she was surrounded by people "who harmonized their lives with a higher purpose, who chose to control their minds, who were not at the mercy of passion, who were striving for something pure and great." This book is an account of Dasi's and Griesser's gradual conversion to the teachings of the Hare Krishna, set against the backdrop of the dynamic India of the early 1970s. The text is accompanied with brilliant photographs the couple took during that time, which lovingly frame the country as a place of great devotion. Dasi is a talented writer, particularly when it comes to documenting the specifics of places and people. Like the photographs, her descriptions are lyrical and evocative while remaining rooted in impoverished reality. -- Kirkus Reviews Read more Review "Brilliant photographs ... a talented writer ... her descriptions are lyrical and evocative." -- Kirkus Reviews (excerpt) Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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