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Enlightenment for Idiots
by Anne Cushman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good, slight rubbing on edges
- ISBN 10
- 0307381641
- ISBN 13
- 9780307381644
- Seller
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Barrington, Illinois, United States
Item Price
€6.60€3.95
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About This Item
Random House, Inc., 2008. First Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. very good, slight rubbing on edges. Sales sticker on cover
Synopsis
Nearing age thirty, Amanda thought she'd be someone else by now. Instead, she's just herself: an ex-nanny yogini-wannabe who cranks out "For Idiots" travel guides just to scrape by. Yes, she has her sexy photographer boyfriend, but he's usually gone--shooting a dogsled race in Alaska or a vision quest in Peru--or just hooking up with other girls. However, she's sure her new assignment, "Enlightenment for Idiots," will change everything; now she'll become the serene, centered woman she was meant to be. After some breakup sex, she's off to India to find a new, more spiritual life.What she finds, though, is an ashram run by investment bankers, a yoga master who trashes her knee, and a guru with a weakness for fashion models. She escapes a tantra party at the Taj Hotel, has a nasty argument outside the cave where the Buddha used to meditate, then agonizes through the ten-day silent retreat that's supposed to make her feel better. No, India is not what she had pictured. But she finds a friend in Devi Das, a redheaded sadhu who refers to himself as "we." And when a holy lunatic on the street offers her an enigmatic blessing, Amanda realizes a new life may be in store for her--just not the one she was expecting.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rocking Chair Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8863501
- Title
- Enlightenment for Idiots
- Author
- Anne Cushman
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, Dustjacket
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, slight rubbing on edges
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307381641
- ISBN 13
- 9780307381644
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 366
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rocking Chair Books
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Barrington, Illinois
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