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Book Talk: Finding Venerable Mother & I’m Still Here

Online N/A, Portland

Join 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,…

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