Recipes for a Sacred Life, Rivvy Neshama
Recipes for a Sacred Life, Rivvy Neshama
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Recipes for a Sacred Life
True Stories and a Few Miracles

Author: Rivvy Neshama

Narrator: Marie Hoffman

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/24/2022

Synopsis

Winner of five national awards, this new, expanded edition was named one of the "Best Spiritual Books" of the year by Spirituality & Practice.

ON A DARK WINTER NIGHT with little to do, Rivvy Neshama took a "Find Your Highest Purpose" quiz. And the funny thing was, she found it: to live a sacred life. Problem was, she didn't know how.

But she set out to learn. And in the weeks and months that followed, she began to remember and encounter all the people and experiences featured in this book—from her father's jokes to her mother's prayers, from Billie in Harlem to a stranger in Salzburg, and from warm tortillas to the humble oatmeal. Each became a story, like a recipe passed down, beginning with her mother and her simple toast to life.

Neshama's true tales, a memoir of sorts, are filled with love, warmth, and timeless wisdom. They ground us, and they lift us up. They make us laugh, and they make us cry. And most of all, they connect us more deeply with the grace and meaning of our lives.

About Rivvy Neshama

Rivvy Neshama is a writer, editor, and community organizer who holds degrees in philosophy, comparative literature, social work, and education. Her diverse work experiences have included being a teacher and social worker in Harlem, a campaign manager in Boulder, a college instructor in Queens, and a tarot card reader at Macy's on Halloween. A lifelong writer, Rivvy has written for many national publications, including Ms., Glamour, Spirituality & Health, and the New York Times. She is also the author of the children's book Nat Turner and the Virginia Slave Revolt. Rivvy lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, British author John Wilcockson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gail on November 12, 2013

How can so much wisdom, warmth, honesty, fun, compassion, and a realistic love for human nature be found in such abundance in one book? Rivvy Neshama has succeeded in doing just that in her RECIPES FOR A SACRED LIFE. These intensely personal stories reveal the sacred in the everyday with charm and p......more

Goodreads review by Sharry on November 15, 2013

I'm not normally a reader of spiritual or self-help books, but a free review copy of Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles by Rivvy Neshama landed in my iPad so I read it. I'm delighted I did. Ms. Neshama thoughtfully and playfully wrote about small life experiences from which s......more

Goodreads review by Hal on October 01, 2013

I love this book. Each of the author's stories contains a nugget of wisdom, always delivered in a way that's entertaining and usually with that special kind of humor that allows us to see beyond the limits of our everyday perceptions.......more

Goodreads review by Alicia C Gephart on November 11, 2020

I would highly recommend this book!!! SO many, many nuggets for life in here! I am planning to buy several hard copies to pass onto family and friends. I have to be honest, I didn't really expect much from this book. I don't really know why I didn't, but I am SO thankful that I started reading it an......more

Goodreads review by Jaimie on August 19, 2020

i got rivvy's book out of the library thinking it was a memoir, but by the time i finished reading it i'd made notations for so many passages that resonated with wisdom i wanted to keep tapping into that i had to buy it. which says everything you need to know about what a gem this book is, b/c i get......more

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