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Devotion
"Devotion's biggest triumph is its voice: funny and unpretentious, concrete and earthy--appealing to skeptics and believers alike. This is a gripping, beautiful story." -- Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep
"I was immensely moved by this elegant book." -- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
Dani Shapiro, the acclaimed author of the novel Black and White and the bestselling memoir Slow Motion, is back with Devotion: a searching and timeless new memoir that examines the fundamental questions that wake women in the middle of the night, and grapples with the ways faith, prayer, and devotion affect everyday life. Devotion is sure to appeal to all those dealing with the trials and tribulations of what Carl Jung called "the afternoon of life."
Book Details
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Publish Date: Feb 8th, 2011
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.60in - 0.70in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780061628351
- Categories: • Personal Memoirs• Religious• Women
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About the Author
Dani Shapiro is the author of the novels Black & White and Family History and the bestselling memoir Slow Motion. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Tin House, Elle, Vogue, O, and other publications.
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What people are saying
Reading, writing, and biking in Minneapolis. Retired Girl Detective.
@janlikezhan Read to the end and don't think anyone has mentioned Dani Shapiro's books, most of which feature memories of her difficult mother, especially Slow Motion, Devotion, and Inheritance.
I believe in the communion of saints. My author page: https://t.co/9uW8caGx7m Sign up for my Saturday7 email below:
@stewartdantec Fellowship of Differents by @scotmcknight. Searching for Sunday by @rachelheldevans. Short Trip to the Edge by @scottcairns. Devotion by Dani Shapiro. The authors aren't the diversity, but the diversity they bring to faith and church have taught me well.
Praise for this book
"Brave, compelling, unexpectedly witty. . . . Stunningly intimate journey. . . . Thanks to Shapiro's excruciatingly honest self-examination and crystal clear, lyrical writing, the journey--as secular swami Steve Jobs once famously said--is indeed the reward." -- People (4 out of 4 stars)
"The one book that anyone over, say, 35 needs to read right now." -- Jesse Kornbluth, Huffington Post
"I was immensely moved by this elegant book, which reminded me all over again that all of us-at some point or another-must buck up our courage and face down the big spiritual questions of life, death, love, loss and surrender." -- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
"Dani Shapiro takes readers on an intense journey in search of meaning and peace. Her story of hope is eloquently told and unflinchingly honest." -- Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle
"Dani Shapiro's novels and nonfiction are always rich in honesty and intelligence, about the psyche and lost hearts and families, about messes and shame and what calls us to transcend." -- Anne Lamott, author of Grace (Eventually)
"This is a beautiful, wry and moving story about one intelligent woman's journey into her own life, to the corners where intelligence doesn't always help." -- Amy Bloom, author of Away
"I was on the verge of tears more than once in the course of Dani Shapiro's impeccably structured spiritual odyssey. But Devotion's biggest triumph is its voice: funny and unpretentious, concrete and earthy-appealing to skeptics and believers alike. This is a gripping, beautiful story." -- Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep
What people are saying
Reading, writing, and biking in Minneapolis. Retired Girl Detective.
@janlikezhan Read to the end and don't think anyone has mentioned Dani Shapiro's books, most of which feature memories of her difficult mother, especially Slow Motion, Devotion, and Inheritance.
I believe in the communion of saints. My author page: https://t.co/9uW8caGx7m Sign up for my Saturday7 email below:
@stewartdantec Fellowship of Differents by @scotmcknight. Searching for Sunday by @rachelheldevans. Short Trip to the Edge by @scottcairns. Devotion by Dani Shapiro. The authors aren't the diversity, but the diversity they bring to faith and church have taught me well.