The Devoted: A Novel [Hardcover]

A rich and entertaining novel about a woman, a seeker, whose life, existence and relationships are all centered around a devout Buddhist meditation practice in Bostonuntil they aren't. I couldn't put it down.[An] intimate, fluid debut...The beauty of?A belated coming-of-age novel with a quest at its core,?Provocative... [A] terrifying but insightful warning not to look for easy answers offered by false prophets.[Hurley's] hand is confident and steady as she layers Zen teachings into the already complicated history of her novel's focal character... Hurley leaves you thinking and sorting through feelings long after her final page.In Blair Hurleys?beautifully written first novel a young woman charts a spiritual journey into the rigors of Zen Buddhism in a Boston storefront Zendo, under the guidance of a charismatic Master who soon becomes her lover&A suspenseful and warmly engaging coming-of-age story.Blair Hurley is a gorgeous writer. This novel brims with startling and organic metaphors that fuel, like Zen koans, the heart of a remarkable story. Unlike the Boston films of late,Blair HurleysIn luminous prose, Blair Hurley explores the lines between devotion and entrapment, between the search for self and the attempt to lose oneself entirely. Beneath each measured line is a fiery intelligence.A spellbinding confession of what it means to abandon one life for another,