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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really funny book about a young woman who is a free-lance writer for a 'dummies' book series. She is charged with writing a book on enlightenment - her editor says it is a really hot topic &amp; can she write a 'how to' book in a few months!!<br/><br/>The protagonist, Amanda, is self-deprec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35687549">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another one of those books that you don't want to end. I actually had to put it down (hard to do, believe me) and *not* read it, because there were so few pages left and I didn't want to finish her life! This is not a book I thought I would have liked. I was just looking at the &quot;new books&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38749064">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When Amanda, an up and coming yogini and Idiot guide writer, is sent to India by her publisher to study enlightenment and how to get it, it’s like a dream come true. But after chasing enlightenment from Ashram to Ashram, guru to guru, Amanda wonders if “enlightenment [is:] just the booby prize, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42350938">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[At 29 Amanda does not have her life together. She has a bad relationship with a photojournalist who is gone more than he’s home, she’s broke and is aspiring to be a yogi. To pay the bills she writes “how to” guides for idiots. When her boss pitches her “Enlightenment for Idiots” and with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38802210">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know - the title of this book is dumb - but it has so much potential - Anne Cushman is a writer and editor for Yoga Journal and Tricycle - two magazines I really respond to - so I had to get this from the library - I'll let you know......<br/><br/>Ok so the title was a window into the soul of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39830764">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was okay.  I had very low hopes for it at the beginning since it seemed to be about the sterotypical yoga student in the US who thinks India is all about yoga and the kama sutra.  The student gets a book deal to write about finding enlightenment in India and this book is like a travelogue....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35913352">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Take the &quot;pray&quot; portion of Eat Pray Love and fictionalize it. Predictable chick lit &quot;woman gains confidence in self&quot; ending. Good beach read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[From the back cover I was expecting a little more light hearted look at the subject but enjoyed the path the author took. Odd but good characters.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Enlightenment for Idiots: A Novel]]>
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    <![CDATA[Nearing age thirty, Amanda thought she&#8217;d be someone else by now. Instead, she&#8217;s just herself: an ex-nanny yogini-wannabe who cranks out &#8220;For Idiots&#8221; travel guides just to scrape by. Yes, she has her sexy photographer boyfriend, but he&#8217;s usually gone&#8212;shooting a dogsled race in Alaska or a vision quest in Peru&#8212;or just hooking up with other girls. However, she&#8217;s sure her new assignment, &#8220;Enlightenment for Idiots,&#8221; will change everything; now she&#8217;ll become the serene, centered woman she was meant to be. After some breakup sex, she&#8217;s off to India to find a new, more spiritual life.<br/><br/>What she finds, though, is an ashram run by investment bankers, a yoga master who trashes her knee, and a guru with a weakness for fashion models. She escapes a tantra party at the Taj Hotel, has a nasty argument outside the cave where the Buddha used to meditate, then agonizes through the ten-day silent retreat that&#8217;s supposed to make her feel better. <br/><br/>No, India is not what she had pictured. But she finds a friend in Devi Das, a redheaded sadhu who refers to himself as &#8220;we.&#8221; And when a holy lunatic on the street offers her an enigmatic blessing, Amanda realizes a new life may be in store for her&#8212;just not the one she was expecting.]]>
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