Finding Venerable Mother - by Cindy Rasicot (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In midlife, Cindy travels halfway around the world to Thailand and unexpectedly discovers a Thai Buddhist nun who offers her the unconditional love and acceptance that her mother wasn't able to provide. This soulful and engaging memoir reminds readers that when we go forward with a truly open heart, faith, forgiveness, and love are all possible.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When Cindy moves to Thailand with her husband and teenage son, she finds herself strangely adrift in a foreign culture, unprepared for the challenges she encounters there. On an impulse she signs up for a conference where she unexpectedly meets a Thai Buddhist nun, Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, who leads her on a spiritual journey from which there is no turning back. Along the way she discovers the beauty of the Thai people and culture. <p/> This soulful and engaging memoir is the story of one woman's journey of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through her connection to a loving Buddhist teacher who fully accepts and nurtures her in a way her own mother never did. <em>Finding Venerable Mother</em> is a testimony to the power of faith, forgiveness, and love.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>#1 best seller in Spirituality on Amazon<br> 2021 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Short List<br> 2021 Sarton Awards Shortlist: Memoir<br> 2020 CIBA Mind & Spirit Book Awards Finalist<br> 2020 International Book Awards, Finalist in Spirituality: Inspirational</b><br> "An intriguingly honest portrayal of an expat's life-altering personal growth in Asia." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> "Beautifully crafted, miraculously evocative, and continuously inspiring, <i>Finding Venerable Mother</i> is, at its essence, a story about an intelligent modern woman's deeply felt spiritual quest." --Jasmin Darznik, PhD author of <i>Song of a Captive Bird</i> and the <i>New York Times bestseller <i>The Good Daughter</i> "I met Dhammananda personally decades ago and although our time together was short, t</i>he memory of her clarity and unshakable dedication and, above all, her kindness has stayed with me until now. Cindy Rasicot's loving account of her own transformation through knowing her is a joy to read." ----Sylvia Boorstein, author of <i>Happiness Is an Inside Job</i> "The journey to heal the mother wound is long and dark. What a blessing it was for Cindy Rasciot to find a woman spiritual leader who shines a light upon her path to help heal her heart. Cindy reveals her courageous adventure to find compassion and forgiveness in her <i>Finding the Venerable Mother</i>." --Linda Joy Myers, President, National Association of Memoir Writers, author of <i>Journey of Memoir</i>, <i>Don't Call Me Mother</i>, and <i>Song of the Plains</i><br>
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