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Summary: An Inspiration
Review: Forbidden Journey - The Life of Alexandra David-Neal by Barbara and Michael Foster's a good one, full of good laughs and a flood of underlying inspiration. I don't know that the inspiration comes from the Foster handling of the subject matter so much as the amusingly human David-Neal phenomenon. Ms. David-Neal pursued the life she wanted to pursue against all odds in a time and place where it had no business happening. Her grit and determination, on the one hand, and her unapologetic disingenuousness in the methods used to follow her chosen course are a striking contrast to the evidently superficial Buddhist path she followed. Time after time in the book the reader will shake his head in wonderment as he reads her letters cajoling her husband for more money, while explaining she'll be ready to come home in 'just a little more time'. A 19th Century European woman wintering alone with her servants year after year above 13000 feet in the Himalayans. If this book doesn't inspire readers to accept the reality that anyone can do and be anything he wishes in this life, probably nothing will do so.
Rating:
Summary: An Inspiration
Review: Forbidden Journey - The Life of Alexandra David-Neal by Barbara and Michael Foster's a good one, full of good laughs and a flood of underlying inspiration. I don't know that the inspiration comes from the Foster handling of the subject matter so much as the amusingly human David-Neal phenomenon. Ms. David-Neal pursued the life she wanted to pursue against all odds in a time and place where it had no business happening. Her grit and determination, on the one hand, and her unapologetic disingenuousness in the methods used to follow her chosen course are a striking contrast to the evidently superficial Buddhist path she followed. Time after time in the book the reader will shake his head in wonderment as he reads her letters cajoling her husband for more money, while explaining she'll be ready to come home in 'just a little more time'. A 19th Century European woman wintering alone with her servants year after year above 13000 feet in the Himalayans. If this book doesn't inspire readers to accept the reality that anyone can do and be anything he wishes in this life, probably nothing will do so.
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