Details:
- author: Dena Moes
- full title: The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal
- narrator: Jean Ann Douglass
- genre: memoir
- topics: #India #Nepal #buddhism #spiritualjourney #pilgrimage
- publisher: OrangeSky Audio
- publish date: 18.01.2022
- timing: 10:39:57
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
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Excerpt from the Book:
What a difference from the life I left behind, I think as I trudge along. Our American life was a juggling act, and I was constantly dropping balls. I jumped out of bed every morning already running late, already tired, to cook breakfast, make lunches, and hustle children off to school. While the girls were in school I ran a home-birth midwifery service. I drove the country roads checking on mothers and their newborn babies, or else conducted prenatal exams in my office. I was often sleep-deprived after being with a laboring mother all night. If I wasn't at birth, I took kids to violin lessons and play rehersals after school. Arriving home to "Mom" What's for dinner?" I rushed to get something passable on the table. I fell into bed each night worrying about tomorrow, vowing to catch up on laundry and yard work, and to make a healthy crockpot dinner, too. Unless I was called to a birth. Adam complained that I never had time for him.
Here I had one task - to walk. No schedule to keep. No to-do lists. Nobody paging me or pulling at my attention. Just walk. One foot in front of the other, wiping the snow from my eyes, I revel in the simplicity, the focus.
My Thoughts:
Wow. It takes courage for such a decision. Dena Moes, a busy midwife, and mother, wrote about traveling to India and Nepal for eight months with her husband and two daughters.
This memoir is a very personal story of Dena and her family. Besides that, it’s a gem for travelers who want to visit those places. The author describes where and how they traveled. And their personal experiences, so travelers know what to expect on their journey there. She also writes about history, traditions, and local customs.
I would recommend this book to all interested in India, Nepal, and Buddhism and especially those interested in visiting those places once in the future.
Narration is very good. It feels like the author is reading her book.
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