About this title: In 1980, when she was seven, the author's parents, '60s-holdover hippies, leave California for an ashram in a cobra-ridden, drought stricken spot in India. Astutely observed and laugh-out-loud funny, this astonishing debut memoir marks the arrival of a major new literary talent.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594861390ISBN:1594861390
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2005-10-07
ISBN-13:9781594861390ISBN:1594861390
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2006-10-01
ISBN-13:9781594865268ISBN:1594865264
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2006-10-01
ISBN-13:9781594865268ISBN:1594865264
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2005-10-07
ISBN-13:9781594861390ISBN:1594861390
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"Rachel Brown, known as Mani, has written an irreverent, funny, and sad memoir of her growing up India where her mother is a disciple of Meher Baba. Baba claimed he was the reincarnation of Zoroaster, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed; he believed that all human experience reflects God's plan, and coined the phrase, "Don't worry, be happy." The family left California and went to India when Mani was seven. Her father never explained his reasons for going until years later when he said that he went along to keep the family together. Mani was lonely; the only child in the ashram where they lived, and taunted by her fellow students at the Holy Wounds of Jesus Christ the Savior School because she was white, and different. The nuns at the school were strict and punishments ranged from being beaten with a stick to being made to stand in the sun for long periods of time. Mani's father ultimately left his wife in India and returned to America where Mani, now called Rachel, lived with him in her teen years. She is now a well-adjusted adult who lives in California and writes for TV. No child should have had to endure what she went through, but she recounts events as seen through the eyes of a child, seeming to say, "Am I the only sane person here?""
"If you're opening this book for the first time, it isn't dedicated to anyone yet.
"But if you've already finished reading it and you've turned back to the beginning, feeling a little less lonely, a little less strange, or a little more cheered than you did when you began, then you will know: I wrote it for you.""
"Hearing this book compared to Augusten Burroughs I did set my standard high. I thought that although her life was interesting and definitely unique, the writing wasn't as captivating as I had hoped."
"A fascinating look at life in an ashram in India in the early 80s. The memoirist certainly had an unusual life. I liked how she traced her growing skepticism that a certain guru was actually God. She was realistic about the limitations on her as a seven- to eleven-year-old in terms of denying her parents' deeply held beliefs or rebelling against their idea of what was best for her. Her harrowing experiences at the Catholic school are the worst for being such an unlikely contrast with her parents' ideals and those of the ashram where they lived. In many ways a completely unlikely tale, convincingly told. She lived this life and describes it well."
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