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Holy Cow!

An Indian Adventure

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After backpacking her way around India, Sarah Macdonald decides she hates the country with a passion. When a beggar at the airport reads her palm and insists she will one day return - and for love - she screams 'Never!' and gives the country, and him, the finger.

Eleven years later, the prophecy comes true. When the love of Sarah's life is posted to India, she quits her dream job as a national radio presenter to follow him to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. It seems like the ultimate sacrifice for love and it almost kills her - literally.

One dank, smoggy night, a naked Sadhu smeared in human ashes curses Sarah and she falls dangerously ill with double pneumonia. She defeats death, not before facing some series questions about her own fragile mortality and inner spiritual void, not to mention some unsightly hair loss. It's enough to drive a rapidly balding atheist to drastic action - in this case a wild journey of discovery through India in search of the meaning of life and death. And with the help of the Dalai Lama, a goddess of healing hugs and a couple of Bollywood stars - among many, many others - Sarah discovers a hell of a lot more.

©2002 Sarah Macdonald. By arrangement with Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd. (P)2003 Bolinda Publishing Asie Essais et carnets de voyage Spirituel Drôle Moyen-Orient

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"A lively, snappy travelogue." (Booklist)

"[Macdonald] brings a reporter's curiosity, interviewing skills, and eye for detail to everything she encounters, and winningly captures 'the drama, the dharma, the innocent exuberance of the festivals, the intensity of the living, the piety in playfulness, and the embrace of living day by day'." (Publishers Weekly)

"Prepare for a fast-moving and masterful narration by Kate Hosking. Her characterization of the Indian characters is nuanced and fun. The contrast with the distinctive Australian accents of MacDonald and other ex-pats adds to the sense of adventure and excitement and provides a backdrop for spiritual understanding." (AudioFile)

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The author should have written a non-fiction travelogue rather than trying to make this book into a novel. It had no engaging story line and zero character development. Furthermore, it just read like a disrespectful, rude rant about how disgusting she found India and India's people to be. This began from the discriptions from the very first page clear to the last page. She goes on in great depth about politics and religion throughout most of the book, but it was too detailed for a novel, which made it seem like a non-fiction account of events from a textbook rather than an engaging, flowing novel. The only impressive thing about listening to this book was the author's Indian accent.

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