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Otto Ringling---suburban father, husband, book editor---takes a cross-country trip to his family home, and, via his flaky sister, along for the ride is his sister's guru. Otto is quite happy with his life, his family, his work, but since the sudden and unexpected deaths of his parents, he's had a little nagging voice in his head, and the presence of Rinpoche during the long drive gives him the opportunity to talk out some of the questions pressing on him. Otto gradually moves from a legalistic v
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This is a great book. Even though it was fiction, I really got into the philosophy. The characters were good, and the story realistic, at least to a degree.
Jul 03, 2016
Betty
marked it as to-read
