Devotion
A Memoir
[United States] : Harper Collins Publishers : Made available through hoopla, 2013.
Format: Eaudiobook
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 19 min.)) : digital.
In her midforties and settled into the responsibilities and routines of adulthood, Dani Shapiro found herself with more questions than answers. Was this all life was-a hodgepodge of errands, dinner dates, e-mails, meetings, to-do lists? What did it all mean? Having grown up in a deeply religious and traditional family, Shapiro had no personal sense of faith, despite repeated attempts to create a connection to something greater. Feeling as if she was plunging headlong into what Carl Jung termed "the afternoon of life," she wrestled with self-doubt and a searing disquietude that would awaken her in the middle of the night. Set adrift by loss-her father's early death; the life-threatening illness of her infant son; her troubled relationship with her mother-she had become edgy and uncertain. At the heart of this anxiety, she realized, was a challenge: What did she believe? Spurred on by the big questions her young son began to raise, Shapiro embarked upon a surprisingly joyful quest to find meaning in a constantly changing world. The result is Devotion: a literary excavation to the core of a life. In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has pursued-from the rituals of her black hat Orthodox Jewish relatives to yoga shalas and meditation retreats. A reckoning of the choices she has made and the knowledge she has gained, Devotion is the story of a woman whose search for meaning ultimately leads her home. Her journey is at once poignant and funny, intensely personal-and completely universal.
Subjects:
Shapiro, Dani.
Shapiro, Dani -- Religion.
Shapiro, Dani -- Family.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Jewish women -- United States -- Biography.
Faith.
Prayer.
Devotion.
Shapiro, Dani.
Shapiro, Dani -- Religion.
Shapiro, Dani -- Family.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Jewish women -- United States -- Biography.
Faith.
Prayer.
Devotion.
ISBN:
9780062319371 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Electronic resource.
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Read by the author.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Digital content provided by hoopla.
Read by the author.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.