Recommendation: Devotion is a beautiful and moving memoir that explores the fundamental questions of life. Dani Shapiro's unpretentious and concrete writing style is appealing to skeptics and believers alike. This book is highly recommended to anyone who is grappling with questions of faith, prayer, and devotion in their everyday life. It's a great read for those in the afternoon of their life, seeking answers to life's deeper questions.

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“ Devotion ’s biggest triumph is its voice: funny and unpretentious, concrete and earthy—appealing to skeptics and believers alike. This is a gripping, beautiful story.” — Jennifer Egan, author of  The Keep “I was immensely moved by this elegant book.” — Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Ea t, Pray, Love Dani Shapiro, the acclaimed author of the novel  Black and White  and the bestselling memoir  Slow Motion , is back with  Devotion : a searching and timeless new memoir that examines the fundamental questions that wake women in the middle of the night, and grapples with the ways faith, prayer, and devotion affect everyday life. Devotion is sure to appeal to all those dealing with the trials and tribulations of what Carl Jung called “the afternoon of life.”

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