Sitting Practice [Hardcover]

Caroline Adderson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 322 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Allen; First Edition edition (2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887621295
• ISBN-13: 978-0887621291
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,070,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely book, October 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sitting Practice (Hardcover)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's the story of a woman who is confined to a wheelchair because of a car accident. The book follows her and her husband as they try to rebuild their lives and relationship after the accident. Some authors would take a plot like that and turn it into a sappy, sentimental story. This author resists that temptation. The characters are real and make realistic choices and mistakes. I laughed out loud at some parts, cried at others, and was sorry to reach the end. It's a wonderful, well-written story.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Keep Practicing, February 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Sitting Practice (Hardcover)

Caroline Adderson has been proclaimed as one of Canada's most notable emerging authors. "Sitting Practice" was an interesting book, but I didn't ever feel connected to any of the characters. Contrary to several reviews I read, the people didn't seem very real and probably the only one I really liked was the young nephew. I was disappointed, but will likely read her future novels to see if the author becomes the major literary talent that is being predicted.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not much spiritual content, July 14, 2008

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Hank Hirsh "Hank Hirsh - Six Perfections Musi... (Portland, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sitting Practice: A Novel (Hardcover)

The story here is contrived. As a result of an accident a young newlywed finds herself in a wheelchair for the remainder of her life. Her young husband feels the guilt. He loses interest and she falls for a lowlife character momentarily. Meanwhile, this husband is supposedly coming to spiritual realization. Not much is ever said about his meditation practice, but there is one reference to him sitting on the bed meditating. What? There is no depth at all in the husband's character and it is difficult to see who is really is.
There is far more discussion of love interest and description of romantic encounter than of spiritual development in any of the characters. In fact the last scene in the book hints at sexual encounter.
The book is well enough written, but kind of superficial. A nice novel that might be more accurately catalogued in romance than spiritual.