Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and dancing with the Pits) (Paperback)

by SARK (Author) "PerMission for PleAsure We Deserve JOY anD pleAsure!..." (more)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
With her distinctive mix of brightly colored jacket art and handwritten text, SARK offers another fanciful yet thoughtful guide to life. Heavier on the whimsy than her last book, Transformation Soup, which focused on healing, this one exudes her characteristic outlook on life's continuous difficulty and people's "splendid imperfections." Retaining a light, positive and humorous tone, even when she discusses death, SARK advocates finding pleasure in every situation, while admitting that, as for many people, "the struggle still feels more comfortable to me than the pleasure." In the spirit of teaching what she most needs to learn, she reminds readers that "our spirits are in need of pleasure, like our bodies need vitamins, or oxygen, or water." Based on this ethic of joy, SARK demonstrates what might be gained from painful experiences, other people, mistakes, change, nature, ordinary things around the house and imaginary or vicarious adventures. She uses anecdotes from her own and others' lives to illustrate how "pleasure responds to invitation," showing up when and where we may least expect it, if we are open to receiving it. As always, SARK's simple artwork and scribbled text make readers feel like they've received a secret note from their best friend in the middle of a tedious class. Agents, Debra Goldstein and Mary Ann Naples, Creative Culture. (May 2) Forecast: The peerless author of 10 books, including Succulent Wild Woman and Living Juicy, has attracted a devoted following and licensed an impressive array of tie-in posters, stationery, calendars and totebags available online and in bookstores. Like her previous books, this one will win robust sales and enthusiastic fans with the help of a 14-city tour on which she will conduct mini-workshops in bookstores and related venues.

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Lou Paget author of How to Be a Great Lover Anyone who wants pleasure in their heart and soul, will cherish SARK's guided journey. -- Review

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; Second Printing edition (May 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684859777
• ISBN-13: 978-0684859774
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,691 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of her best!, August 19, 2001

By	Aisling D'Art "artist and author" (Portsmouth, NH USA) - See all my reviews

I've always liked SARK's first books the best, and--when I picked this book up to browse through--I wasn't expecting such a vibrant return to her raw, unvarnished, joyous and inspiring style.

And frankly, there are times when I'm so blue, I look at what's on my self-help bookshelf, and even SARK's early books are simply too much for me.

This book changed everything. If you've ever picked up a self-help book in a bitter moment and muttered, "Yeah, right, what planet is SHE on?" but felt more like dissolving into a little puddle of misery, desperate for SOMETHING to help get you unstuck... this is the book you want to own.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Always read SARK in a bubblebath!, May 17, 2001

By	A. Y. Smittle (Winchester, VA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

At last---I was disappointed with the last few of SARK's books---however much I adore and reread "Succulent Wild Women." When I saw "Eat Mangoes Naked" with its beautiful, vivid cover, I KNEW it was gonna be a good one. SARK always manages to cheer me, remind me of my insight, inspire me and motivate me to do enormously creative stuff! What a woman! What an author! What an artist! This book is written about how to find something good in everything. Now, Ms SARK truly wants us all to do this, sincerely. And I think thats what also makes this book so wonderful and endearing. SARK shares her experiences, thoughts and feelings with us, as well as her friends, in this volume. For those new to SARK's work, the book is written "by hand" in different colors and doodles and poems and quotes abound. Such an entertaining, thoughtful escape from the ordinary. If you need help finding something good in every situation and irony of life, please pick this book up and treasure it. I love ya SARK! PS My daughters love the art and neat ideas she puts in, too. PPS Gotta go, surfing the websites she suggests for feel-good-high.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What would I do without SARK?, April 7, 2001

By A Customer

SARKs' work has meant so much to me. Her work is so unique and above all HONEST. No holding back. Reading this book I found myself smiling and nearly crying many times. The waving squirrel, her experience with her elderly friend Rebeccas death, the way you feel on top of the world one day and your confusion when you wake up the next completely deflated for what seems like no reason. She's warm, she inspires, she lays bare her faults and suddenly you can make peace with yours. Sometimes we go through life thinking " Why is it only me?" or " Is it only me?" SARK reminds us it's not. Personally this book is one of the very most enjoyable of all of them. It is about pleasure and pleasure and healing is all you will find.