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Single mother meets soul-searching ex-monk tenant.
"The Monk Downstairs" isn't just a tale of unexpected roommates; it's a deep dive into personal transformations and the complexities of love and faith. If you're navigating the rough seas of real life, seeking meaning in the mundane, or just love the idea of second chances, this book's gentle humor and poignant moments could speak directly to your heart. Rebecca's journey might mirror your own skepticism, while Michael's struggle to reconcile his past with his present could challenge your own perspectives on life's purpose.
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ISBN: 9780061122422
Authors:
Tim Farrington
Publisher: HarperOne
Date of Publication: 2006-05-23
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.51
(rated by 1979 readers)
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Rebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. I had the romantic thing with my first husband, thank you very much, she tells a hapless suitor. I'm thirty-eight years old, and I've got a daughter learning to read and a job I don't quite like. I don't need the violin music. But when the new tenant in her in-law apartment turns out to be Michael Christopher, on the lam after twenty years in a monastery and smack dab in the middle of a dark night of the soul, Rebecca begins to suspect that she is not as thoroughly disillusioned as she had thought. Her daughter, Mary Martha, is delighted with the new arrival, as is Rebecca's mother, Phoebe, a rollicking widow making a new life for herself among the spiritual eccentrics of the coastal town of Bolinas. Even Rebecca's best friend, Bonnie, once a confirmed cynic in matters of the heart, urges Rebecca on. But none of them, Rebecca feels, understands how complicated and dangerous love actually is. As her unlikely friendship with the ex-monk grows toward something deeper, and Michael wrestles with his despair while adjusting to a second career flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, Rebecca struggles with her own temptation to hope. But it is not until she is brought up short by the realities of life and death that she begins to glimpse the real
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Single mother meets soul-searching ex-monk tenant.
"The Monk Downstairs" isn't just a tale of unexpected roommates; it's a deep dive into personal transformations and the complexities of love and faith. If you're navigating the rough seas of real life, seeking meaning in the mundane, or just love the idea of second chances, this book's gentle humor and poignant moments could speak directly to your heart. Rebecca's journey might mirror your own skepticism, while Michael's struggle to reconcile his past with his present could challenge your own perspectives on life's purpose.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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