A review by clementinereads
Devotion: a memoir by Dani Shapiro

5.0

I bought this book because I'd heard Dani Shapiro's name tossed around at a gathering of a whole lot of writers I respect. From the first scene I was in love. The language is perfect. Dare I say, delicious? But I had expected that. What I hadn't expected was insight into my own exploration of spirituality. Just before I finished Devotion I had a day that turned out to be the absolute antithesis of what I'd wanted and expected. As I started to melt down I thought of Dani Shapiro and her teachers. I thought of Sylvia Boorstein and the nature of impermanence. And I felt better. Much better. I made peace with how not okay everything was. I thank Dani Shapiro and Devotion for that.