Egan, Kerry. Fumbling: A Journey of Love, Adventure, and Renewal on The Camino de Santiago.EGAN EGAN ETSI Guide Access Network EGAN Ethernet Global Access Network , Kerry. Fumbling fum·ble v. fum·bled, fum·bling, fum·bles v.intr. 1. To touch or handle nervously or idly: fumble with a necktie. 2. ; a journey of love, adventure, and renewal on The Camino de Santiago. Random House, Broadway. 230p. c2004. 0-385-50766-6. $12.95. SA* I'm planning to spend a week on The Camino this summer, and I picked this book to read with enthusiasm as preparation for the journey--soon I realized it is much more complicated than the usual travelogue. Egan made the journey a year after her father died of horrific complications from diabetes. She was in her early 20s, a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's purpose is to train graduate students—either in the academic study of religion, or in the practice of a religious ministry. , depressed, and barely functional. She decided to take two months to walk the 500 miles of the pilgrimage in Spain, and her boyfriend Alex quit his job as a lawyer to go with her. She was not an easy companion. I recommend this book for anyone trying to understand grieving grieving Mourning, see there . Kerry is so honest and unpretentious she seems to speak to us all. She wonders if God exists. If God does exists, she is furious. The days and days of walking in the Spanish countryside slowly changed her. She wasn't miraculously "cured" or turned into a pious pi·ous adj. 1. Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout. See Synonyms at religious. 2. a. believer, but she made priceless discoveries about herself and her faith, which helped her return to her family and her studies and begin to heal. Fumbling tells of a journey in a specific time and place, but it also tells about living our lives each day wherever we are: how we find solace when we need it; how we support one another; how our bodies literally carry us through our lives step by step, and how body, mind, and spirit are connected to make us whole. Claire Rosser, KLIATT S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. *--The asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. highlights exceptional books. |
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