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Highlights
- In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty.
- About the Author: Sarah MacDonald is a writer, journalist, and radio presenter.
- 304 Pages
- Travel, Essays & Travelogues
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About the Book
When the love of MacDonald's life is posted to India, she quits her dream job to move to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. From spiritual retreats and crumbling nirvanas to war zones and New Delhi nightclubs, this is a journey that only a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life--and her sanity--can survive.Book Synopsis
In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India--and for love--she screamed, "Never!" and gave the country, and him, the finger. But eleven years later, the prophecy comes true. When the love of Sarah's life is posted to India, she quits her dream job to move to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. For Sarah this seems like the ultimate sacrifice for love, and it almost kills her, literally. Just settled, she falls dangerously ill with double pneumonia, an experience that compels her to face some serious questions about her own fragile mortality and inner spiritual void. "I must find peace in the only place possible in India," she concludes. "Within." Thus begins her journey of discovery through India in search of the meaning of life and death. Holy Cow is Macdonald's often hilarious chronicle of her adventures in a land of chaos and contradiction, of encounters with Hinduism, Islam and Jainism, Sufis, Sikhs, Parsis and Christians and a kaleidoscope of yogis, swamis and Bollywood stars. From spiritual retreats and crumbling nirvanas to war zones and New Delhi nightclubs, it is a journey that only a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life--and her sanity--can survive.Review Quotes
"A wonderfully honest and soul-searching book . . . Macdonald writes with clarity and humor about India and its many paths to enlightenment." --Travel (Australia)
About the Author
Sarah MacDonald is a writer, journalist, and radio presenter. She has worked all over the world, even hosting her on morning show. She is the author of Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure.Dimensions (Overall): 8.02 Inches (H) x 5.26 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .56 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Travel
Sub-Genre: Essays & Travelogues
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Format: Paperback
Author: Sarah MacDonald
Language: English
Street Date: April 13, 2004
TCIN: 91285910
UPC: 9780767915748
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-1245
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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