The Devoted: A Novel

ISBN: 0393651592

Author: Hurley, Blair

Condition: New

A spellbinding confession of what it means to abandon one life for another, The Devoted asks what it takes, and what youll sacrifice, to find enlightenment.Nicole Hennessys life revolves around her Zen practice at the Boston Zendo, seeking solace in the tenets of Buddhism to the chagrin of her Irish Catholic family. After a decade of grueling spiritual practice under her Masters tutelage, living on a shoestring budget as a shop clerk, Nicole has become dangerously entangled with her mentor. As Nicole confronts her past-a drug-fueled year spent fleeing her familys loaded silences and guilt-laden "Our Fathers"-and reinvents herself in New York City, her Masters intoxicating voice pursues her, an electrifying whisper on the other end of the phone. Somehow, he knows everything.In deft, soaring prose that bristles with psychological and erotic tension, Blair Hurley crafts a thrilling exploration of Nicoles ecstatic quest for spirituality.