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Buddhism for Western Children
Buddhism for Western Children | Kirstin Allio
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Set on the coast of Maine and in the high desert of New Mexico in the late 1970s through the early 80s, Buddhism for Western Children is a universal and timeless story of a boy who must escape subjugation, tell his story, and reclaim his soul. In search of community and transcendence, ten-year-old Daniels family is swept into the thrall of a potent and manipulative guru. To his followers, Avadhoot Master King Ivanovich is a living god, a charismatic leader who may reveal enlightenment as he mesmerizes, and alchemizes, Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. Daniels family plunges into a world with different rules and rhythmsand with no apparent exit. They join other devotees in shunning the outside world, and fall under the absolutist authority of the guru and his lieutenants. Daniel bears witness to the relentless competition for the gurus favor, even as he begins to recognize the perversion of his spirituality. Soon, Daniel himself is chosen to play a role. As tensions simmer and roil, darkness intrudes. Devotees overstep, placing even the children in jeopardy. Daniel struggles with conflicting desires to resist and to belong, until finally he must decide who to save and who to abandon. With spiraling, spellbinding language, Allio reveals a cast of vivid, often darkly funny characters, and propels us toward a shocking climax where Daniels story cracks open like a kaleidoscope, revealing the costs of submitting to a tyrant and the shimmering resilience of the human spirit.
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mrozzz
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😍 I subscribed to a sensational visual magazine called The Believer and received the best tote I‘ve ever seen anywhere, then picked up the NYT Book Review, a copy of another beautiful literary journal, and the most recent copy of the Iowa Review (from Iowa Uni. & the Writer‘s Workshop) along with a soon-to-be released novel from their press. #BKBF

mcipher So cool!! I love that tote, too!! 6y
mrozzz 😄💜 @mcipher 6y
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DarcysMom
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Panpan

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#Netgalley

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DarcysMom
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This book is making me mad. I am mad at the parents, mad at the other adults, and mad at the guru. 🤬

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DarcysMom
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So far, the Guru is mysterious but seems benign. I have a feeling that may change.

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DarcysMom
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TheSpineView I like that cover. Looks like eyes watching. 6y
DarcysMom @TheSpineView I requested it based on the cover. I hope it is good. 🙃 6y
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