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Title: A disturbing memoir.
Review: I bought this book because I thought it would be a good one to begin my winter hybernation with. Instead, it was a fast ride to nowhere. After a while I wanted to stop the author and say, "slow down, take a moment to feel your life deeply," for the author is always moving. Husbands, lovers, pets and friends come and go throughout these essays. Her closest friend lives thousands of miles away in Boston, so there is little intimacy there. The marriage that fell apart is mentioned once, never again. In the Bhutan essay, when she experienced a moment of intimacy with her guide she discarded it with the admonishment to move forward; always move forward. All this running around, or running away, wore me out and left me empty. It made me sad that, at the end, the only serious, long-term connection was with her dogs.
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