About this title: After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return. But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South Asia correspondent, is posted to New Delhi, the most polluted city on earth. Having given up a blossoming radio career in Sydney to follow her new boyfriend to India, it seems like the ultimate sacrifice and it almost kills Sarah - literally. After ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780767915748ISBN:0767915747
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Tanning to pages & edges. Covers have folds & chips to edges. Inside clean. No marks. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway
Date Published: 2004-04-13
ISBN-13:9780767915748ISBN:0767915747
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway
Date Published: 2004-04-13
ISBN-13:9780767915748ISBN:0767915747
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Edition: Trade Paper
Binding: Softcover--Very Good
Publisher: Broadway Books, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780767915748ISBN:0767915747
Description: Good. No Jacket. Trade Paper Nonfiction Adventure/Travel: A trade paperback account of a Western journalist who returns to an India she had hated and finds that she must reassess. In good condition. read more
"I love India from afar but feel certain that I'd be miserable if I were to visit there. Reading this book that was written by an Australian journalist who found herself in India for two years - not as a journalist but as a wife of one who was often in Pakistan or Afghanistan covering the pre 9/11 unrest confirms that thought. She decided to immerse herself in learning about the country's different religious & social cultures and shares what she learned. I'm so glad she did because now I have a better vision of why I know I'll continue just to read about this eclectic country."
"I enjoy books exploring the different cultures and customs of the world. I enjoy a well-written memoir exploring those discoveries, but I finally put this one aside about 3/4 of the way through it. I tried, I truly tried to finish it, but with so many wonderful books out there waiting to be read, I couldn't justify spending another minute listening to this poor, lost woman attempt to "find herself" or the meaning of life that she was so desperately seeking.
I had read reviews mentioning that there was a lot of "religion" here and knowing India's varied religious background, I was prepared for some of that. I was looking for a book that explored the people, the cultures and the sites of India from the perspective of an "outsider." While there was a bit of that, mostly this book became a tedious exploration, not of Indian sites, people and regions, but almost solely of one woman's attempt to find meaning in life through the various religious practices found there. When one didn't work, she'd jump to another and when that failed to bring peace, she'd try another group. Since I am at peace this endless jumping made me first of all sad for her that she is so obviously lost and unable to find her way and number 2 weary of the endless detailed speculations about hopeless religious practices."
"I haven't gotten to this one yet - but I have wanted to read it for a long time and I am sure it will be excellent. Very few books on this subject rate a negative review."
"I did not see very much of the ugliness of India described in this book. I liked the book overall, but found it hard to slog through and overall kind of depressing. I also found the author to be very self absorbed. I know she went to India for love of her man, but she could have tried to have a more open mind about India. There is a lot to be said for the old saying "Bloom where you are planted." I did not live in India, only visited for about 9 days, but I really like India and the people I met there (the food is another story, it is just not my thing.)"
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