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Book SynopsisWhen Cindy moves to Thailand with her husband and teenage son, she finds herself strangely adrift in a foreign culture, unprepared for the challenges she encounters there. On an impulse she signs up for a conference where she unexpectedly meets a Thai Buddhist nun, Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, who leads her on a spiritual journey from which there is no turning back. Along the way she discovers the beauty of the Thai people and culture.
This soulful and engaging memoir is the story of one woman’s journey of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through her connection to a loving Buddhist teacher who fully accepts and nurtures her in a way her own mother never did.
Finding Venerable Mother is a testimony to the power of faith, forgiveness, and love.
Trade Review#1 best seller in Spirituality on Amazon
2021 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Short List
2021 Sarton Awards Shortlist: Memoir
2020 CIBA Mind & Spirit Book Awards Finalist
2020 International Book Awards, Finalist in Spirituality: Inspirational “An intriguingly honest portrayal of an expat’s life-altering personal growth in Asia.” —
Kirkus Reviews “Beautifully crafted, miraculously evocative, and continuously inspiring,
Finding Venerable Mother is, at its essence, a story about an intelligent modern woman's deeply felt spiritual quest.” —Jasmin Darznik, PhD author of
Song of a Captive Bird and the
New York Times bestseller The Good Daughter “I met Dhammananda personally decades ago and although our time together was short, the memory of her clarity and unshakable dedication and, above all, her kindness has stayed with me until now. Cindy Rasicot's loving account of her own transformation through knowing her is a joy to read.” ——Sylvia Boorstein, author of
Happiness Is an Inside Job “The journey to heal the mother wound is long and dark. What a blessing it was for Cindy Rasciot to find a woman spiritual leader who shines a light upon her path to help heal her heart. Cindy reveals her courageous adventure to find compassion and forgiveness in her
Finding the Venerable Mother.” —Linda Joy Myers, President, National Association of Memoir Writers, author of
Journey of Memoir,
Don’t Call Me Mother, and
Song of the Plains
