Devotion | Litsy

I loved the tagged book. It definitely dealt with soul searching and introspection. It is one of my favorites.

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Meaw_catlady Sounds like an interesting book! Thanks for sharing ! 💛 4y

Erinsuereads For rather a plain cover I find it really striking! Sometimes the simple one's are the best! 4y

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Insightsintobooks

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

OM LOOK!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍🙂🙂😍🥰🥰🥰😃😃😃😃😃😃

I love love loved this memoir when I got it from the library.

#kindledeal #kindledeals #ebooksale #jewlit

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Cinfhen

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

#AnglophileApril Reading Dani Shapiro‘s memoir felt very #CloseToMe as I really related to her early days. Growing up in an Orthodox home, to parents you admire and look up to. Wanting to please them and make them proud. Being part of a tight knit Jewish community, having a sense of belonging. Our stories do start to fray and take different turns but something about her writing was very honest, raw & connective for me. Loved this memoir.

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GlassAsDiamonds Hellloo from Singapore ! What a nice first post to open Litsy to 😊😊😊😊😊😊 5y

Cinfhen Hi!!! I saw the day u left or was it landed??? So glad you‘re back on Litsy!! How‘s it going??? How are your fur babies??? Feeling settled ~ bet it feels good not to have to hoard toilet paper😜 ugh.... forgot to tag you @GlassAsDiamonds (edited) 5y

Mdargusch I love that this memoir felt so familiar to you! 5y

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Reviewsbylola Sounds really good. ❤️ 5y

Crazeedi So are the prompts for anglophileapril supposed to be books? Or anything? 5y

emilyhaldi I didn't know you grew up in an Orthodox family! How interesting! This memoir sounds like a good one... #stacked 💙 5y

Cinfhen Anything @Crazeedi whatever connectivity you make to the song title! 5y

Cinfhen I only recently discovered Dani Shapiro @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi and I instantly fell in love with her writing and storytelling. I think she‘s excellent because any reader regardless of your background will feel a connection. She was recommended to me by @Lmstraubie & @LauraBeth two ladies I‘m VERY fond of❤️❤️ 5y

Mdargusch One of the things I always envied about the Jewish faith is the strong sense of family and community. ❤️ 5y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen thank you for clarifying! 5y

Lmstraubie @Cinfhen That's so funny! I'm pretty fond of YOU and @LauraBeth 😘 I ended up purchasing all her memoirs. I want to go back and read them in order. Some I've already read, some I haven't read yet. She writes with such beauty. 5y

Cinfhen I need to read more by her but I‘m not sure I‘d appreciate her marriage memoir. I‘m not a fan of reading other people‘s marriages @Lmstraubie and I miss u xx 5y

Cinfhen Of course @Crazeedi !! How are u feeling?? 5y

LauraBeth Awww - you guys 😊😘 @Cinfhen and @Lmstraubie 5y

Lmstraubie @Cinfhen Miss you too!! Are you coming to the States at all this summer? (I have to reread it, but I don't remember it being too harsh or too mushy or too anything. I know I enjoyed it, but can't give specifics. Not because of her writing, but because of my brain lol) 5y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen I'm doing well with my hip! I have another issue going and I'm so tired of doctors 🤨 so we'll see what happens. Thank you for caring! 5y

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Blaire

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Dani‘s search for her Jewish identity, her beliefs, and find a religious home for her family was easy for me to identify with. Esp raising children in a place with not many Jews. I have the same attitude toward bad things happening, i.e. why not me as opposed to why me. I found parts of her story re her son‘s infantile illness difficult to hear as I still struggle to process my child‘s disability. (Pic from my walk).

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Blaire

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

Enjoyed this #audiobook while on a morning walk before my conference this morning. #litsywalker #nola

WhatWouldJaneDo What a magnificently spooky morning in NOLA! 5y

Dogearedcopy I keep coming back to this photo in my feed. It's absolutely mesmerizing! 😍 5y

Tanisha_A 😍 5y

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charl08 Gorgeous picture! Hope there is plenty of time for bookshops as well as work. 5y

Blaire @WhatWouldJaneDo it really was! 5y

Blaire @Dogearedcopy thank you!! 5y

Blaire @Tanisha_A thank you! 5y

Blaire @charl08 yes! Hit up Faulkner house books and crescent city used books. 5y

BiblioLitten What a charming pic! 😍 5y

Blaire @BiblioLitten thank you! 5y

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Wow, just wow. I'm not sure what to say at this point. I'm still digesting it all.

@Cinfhen

LWagoner You need to go next to her newest memoir Inheritance...so good! 5y

Insightsintobooks @LWagoner My library, nor ones near it, don't have it, I already looked. I've heard it's good though. I'm hoping they will soon. 😁 5y

Cinfhen I HAD to continue on her journey @Insightsintobooks and bought the audio book through Audible. I think there may be a way to loan it....I‘m going to do some research and let you know. 5y

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Insightsintobooks @Cinfhen oh that would be great! Thank you. 5y

Insightsintobooks @Cinfhen https://audible.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5240/~/what-is-audible-send... my amazon email is insightsintobooks@gmail.com 5y

Cinfhen I sent it @Insightsintobooks via email 5y

Insightsintobooks @Cinfhen I got it, Thank you so much! 5y

Cinfhen Yay!!!!! 5y

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Insightsintobooks

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

Nute “Let me do what I cannot do.” That‘s an every day prayer!💫 5y

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Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

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Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

Oh Look, this book mentions another book I started rereading today! What are the chances of that???

@Cinfhen

Texreader That‘s a fun coincidence! 5y

Cinfhen I know!!! But with Dani Shapiro I found so many “connections” or “coincidences” it‘s pretty amazing. It‘s the Litsyverse sending signs xx Right book Right time 🙏🏻 5y

Insightsintobooks @Cinfhen I agree. :) @Texreader yes, it is. 5y

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Cinfhen

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I‘m not sure if this memoir will appeal to everyone but wow, did Dani Shapiro call to me. Our early years seem almost interchangeable, although I was gifted with the most loving mother & Dani was not. We were both raised Orthodox, in a world full of Jewish tradition, ritual & faith. However Dani starts to question the presence of God, the burden of observance when tragedy befalls her. This memoir is her soulful quest for understanding.

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LauraBeth I want to read this! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Stacked this one too. Thanks for the review! 😘 5y

JennyM This review, Cindy...beautiful. 5y

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Cathythoughts Beautiful 5y

Insightsintobooks I love your review, I'm only a few chapters in at the moment. 5y

Lmstraubie I just ordered this one (because I didn't have it originally read a Library copy, Inheritance and this one

Slow Motion: A True Story

Lmstraubie I am always profoundly amazed the way her words touch me. 5y

TNbookworm Love your review! 5y

Cinfhen Thank you @TNbookworm @Insightsintobooks @Cathythoughts @JennyM @BarbaraTheBibliophage @LauraBeth @Lmstraubie It‘s not that often that I feel like a book is really “speaking” to me, as both a mother, wife, worrier ( BIG WORRIER) and as a person who is deeply spiritual. I strongly identify with my Jewish roots and all of its rituals, though strange to most are familiar to me. Listening to Dani Shapiro was soothing & comforting. I really connected💕 5y

Insightsintobooks @Cinfhen I agree completely with what you are saying about Jewish rituals, I can't even begin to find the words for them. Even before my conversion, I found a peace in them. I said Modeh Ani, every morning with tears in my eyes, and still do. The first blessing I taught myself, at about 12 I might add, was for the Shabbat Candles. I firmly believe in the concept of a Jewish soul, as I've personally always felt drawn to Judaism and Jewish. 5y

Cinfhen I try to say Modeh Ani each morning too @Insightsintobooks it‘s more of a mantra, my way of letting God know I recognize waking each morning is a gift and a blessing. And I light candles EVERY Friday night and recite the blessings as a talisman of protection for all the members of my family. It‘s what I believe. 5y

Insightsintobooks @Cinfhen Yes, that's how I feel as well. 5y

Blaire @cinfhen @insightintobooks my infj friends I am really feeling these posts. I remember when I first learned modeh ani in school and it is such a comfort to me. And I also light Shabbat candles every Friday. It reminds me to pause during the week and be grateful. 5y

Cinfhen I love seeing these posts too @Blaire @Insightsintobooks and I love that we share similar and “rare” traits...not surprising that we gravitate towards the same beliefs 💕💕💕 5y

Insightsintobooks @Cinfhen @Blaire I agree. ❤❤❤ 5y

alisiakae Lovely review, and I love this discussion. 😍💙 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @4thhouseontheleft I think you would really enjoy Dani Shapiro‘s writing. She‘s also a committed yogi and a soulful individual 🙏🏻 5y

alisiakae I really want to read her latest book, Inheritance. She‘s actually been receiving a lot of criticism on social media lately about it, which is a shame. 🙁 5y

Cinfhen Really @4thhouseontheleft why??? I just read Inheritance & I thought she presented a very honest and fair picture of artificial insemination & donor children very fairly and with sensitively. (edited) 5y

alisiakae I‘m sure she did! The controversy in this area mainly stems from people who strongly believe that the donor‘s right of privacy supersedes an individual‘s right to find out about their identity and history. The same argument applies towards people like me who use 🧬 testing to find biological parents, & is also the argument against states allowing adoptees access to their Original Birth Certificate. 5y

Cinfhen Interesting @4thhouseontheleft there are so many factors and sides to this debate. I can appreciate all the arguments for and against but if I was the one who came into being, I think I deserve the right to know my true origins. 5y

Cinfhen Definitely in 1963 Dani Shapiros biological father never expected that 50 years later a woman could spit into a test vial and find her biological father. It seems like stuff from a sci-fi novel @4thhouseontheleft 5y

alisiakae @Cinfhen That‘s how I feel about it, although I do (kind of) support legislation to open OBC‘s that allows birth parents to file a request not to be identified. But I will never forget how difficult it was to make a decision to bring a child into the world having no clue if I was passing down any highly inheritable diseases. Access & knowledge of family medical records was the primary reason I began my search. (edited) 5y

Cinfhen My husband is adopted and when I was going through multiple miscarriages followed by years of infertility it was very frustrating and upsetting not having a complete medical history - one side of our slate was a complete blank. So I understand your hesitation @4thhouseontheleft My husband NEVER wanted to pursue finding his biological parents and I felt that was his decision not mine to make or encourage. 5y

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Cinfhen

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

#LitsyWalkers My weather app seems to be channeling @kaye Decided to follow their advice and go for a walk 👣🦋🌞🌻 Still enjoying this #audio 🎧❤️

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Kaye 💕💕💕💕💕 5y

LauraBeth 🙌🙌 It‘s going to be over 70 in Atlanta today - so I HAVE to get outside! I noticed yesterday that my daffodils are already blooming 😀 5y

Cinfhen I love when the flowers start to bloom 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 @LauraBeth (edited) 5y

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Lmstraubie Enjoy the beautiful day! (And the book 😉) 5y

Jaimelire It‘s -31C here. School is cancelled it‘s so cold. I wish I could go outside😢. But right now I just hope my car will start so I can get to work. 5y

Cinfhen Where are you @Jaimelire That‘s REALLY cold 🥶 5y

DarcysMom 😁 5y

Jaimelire @Cinfhen Calgary 5y

Wife 🌹 5y

Reviewsbylola Ugh I only wish that was the temp here. 5y

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Insightsintobooks

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

Look what my Library has!!! I'm so excited, usually my library doesn't have books that I want, at least that have anything to do with Judaism? I guess that's what happens when you live in the "Bible Belt" ☹. I'm so excited though!!! @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Oh good!!! Let me know what u think. Some parts are a bit slow but I‘m still connecting on many levels 5y

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Cinfhen

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

As we drive through the hills of ancient Jerusalem on our way to a Bar Mitzvah celebration, I‘m listening to the soulful words of Dani Shapiro lamenting about parchment scrolls and daily prayers, devotion and faith. I‘m blown away ❤️Thank you for this perfect recommendation @Lmstraubie @LauraBeth 💕💕💕#audio

LauraBeth ❤️❤️❤️ 5y

Lmstraubie Her words can't help but touch your soul. I'm so glad you're enjoying it 😊 5y

Insightsintobooks Oh that sounds good! 5y

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Cinfhen I feel like she‘s talking directly to me @Insightsintobooks She could be describing my father, who Thank God is still alive. @Lmstraubie @LauraBeth and I have a lump in my throat as I‘m getting anxious that something dreadful is going to happen to her. 😔 (edited) 5y

LauraBeth Well now I‘m gonna go have to read this one sooner rather than later! I read

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Cinfhen After this one, I feel like I HAVE TO read Inheritance @LauraBeth but so far I can only find it for full price. 5y

LauraBeth I wish I had it to send to you - I borrowed it from the library 😔 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @LauraBeth 😘I put in a purchase request to my library 🤞🏼🤞🏼 5y

LauraBeth I‘m going to have to request that my library purchase Devotion 😂 5y

Cinfhen Ha! Try Hoopla @LauraBeth 😍 5y

LauraBeth My library doesn‘t give me access to Hoopla ☹️ 5y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen I sent a package to you last week, but I can't track once it leaves the states, could you let me know if it arrives? 🙄 5y

Cinfhen Thank you so much @Crazeedi !!! What a wonderful but unnecessary surprise!! I will definitely let you know. I‘m hoping the book gets to you this week- I sent it about 2 weeks ago!! Thank you again #LittensAreTheBest 🧡😁 5y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen yes I will definitely let you know! 5y

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Monpetitoiseau

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Beautiful. A prayer.

Lmstraubie

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

This definitely belongs in the category of #marvolousmemiors. I'm looking forward to reading her newest, Hourglass. #awesomeautumnbooks @Jess7

kspenmoll Agree; love her writing, books.😍 7y

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LauraBeth

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

If it's 9 pm and I can't remember the e-book deal that I wanted to buy at 9 am - then maybe I shouldn't buy it. 🤔 Just kidding 😹😹 Of course I'll buy it!

BookBabe 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 #booknerdproblems 👌🏻 7y

kspenmoll But what is it?! 7y

BooksForEmpathy I love her so much. 7y

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LauraBeth @BookBabe those are the best problems! 😀 7y

LauraBeth @kspenmoll

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LauraBeth @BooksForEmpathy oh well that makes me want to read it all the more! 😀 7y

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Court7

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

so-so

For me, this was a book about looking for all the right things in the wrong places. The writing was wonderful but I found it more sad and frustrating than satisfying or fulfilling.

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2y1xmom

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Sometimes the universe surprises you with advice when you open a library book. Virginia Woolf, no less.

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mrldg

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This is not exactly a sequel to Slow Motion (quite a bit of time passed between the two memoirs), but a great mid-life reckoning, the story of a seeker. Any book that includes the wisdom of Sylvia Boorstein, someone I admire greatly, is a great find. Loved it.

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kspenmoll

Devotion: A Memoir | Dani Shapiro

#Booktober #memorablememoirs @RealLifeReading trouble choosing; read lots of this genre.

RealLifeReading I've only read Angela's Ashes and Anne Frank on this list. Will have to check out the others! 8y

kspenmoll @RealLifeReading : from top left/ across: Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey to My Mother Anne Sexton by Linda Gray Sexton; Lives of Mothers & Daughters a Memoir by Sheila Munro; Be Different by John Elder Robison; Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott; Anne Frank; Angela' Ashes; Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl; Devotion by Dani Shapiro; Looking for Mary by Beverly Donofrio- 😊📚 8y

RealLifeReading Awesome thanks! Also I just realized that I have read another - the Ruth Reichl. Love her work 8y

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