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Book Talk: Finding Venerable Mother & I’m Still Here
June 4, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
FreeJoin us for readings and an intimate Q&A session with Martina Reeves and Cindy Rasicot, in celebration of their most recent releases!
Register to join us via Crowdcast here: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/event/book-talk-im-still-here-finding-venerable-mother
Finding Venerable Mother by Cindy Rasicot (https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9781631527029)
When 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.
I’m Still Here by Martina Reaves (https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9781631528767)
In 1969, at age twenty, Martina moves to San Francisco. She lives in a commune, marries her hippie streetcar driver, and moves away from the city―first to Mendocino County, Oregon, and then to the Virgin Islands. In 1980, Martina comes out. She finds her life partner, Tanya, at work, and in 1986 they have a son, Cooper.
In 2008, Martina is diagnosed with serious tongue cancer. Her journey in the aftermath of this diagnosis is one of hope, fear, family, friendship, perseverance, and learning to live with a terminal diagnosis.
Reaves braids these strands of her life together in I’m Still Here, presenting readers with a nuanced, poignant exploration of what it means to live―and love―authentically.