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The Yoga Teacher

By Alexandra Gray

The Yoga Teacher Contemporary literature

The Yoga Teacher

By Alexandra Gray

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Dissatisfied with her job as a pharmaceutical rep and struggling with the decline of her long-term relationship, Grace, a well-heeled Londoner, uses yoga class to unwind, reflect, and momentarily transcend her earthly dilemmas. While pitching her company's latest antidepressant to the disarming Dr. James, she is inspired by his plan to study Eastern medicine in Vietnam and decides to quit her job to become a yoga teacher. After studying at the eccentric White Lotus Foundation in California, Grace returns to London, ready for her new life. But nothing could have prepared her for the motley crew of students she amasses--from the octogenarian industrialist desperate for distraction, the supermodel who indulges yogic aspirations when she tires of kabbalah, to the American film star who uses yoga classes to conceal a scandalous affair. Overwhelmed, Grace soon finds herself relying on her bi-continental correspondence with Dr. James for solace and inspiration, his words hovering above her London life like a sweet promise. With an eye for the absurdity in every encounter, Alexandra Gray gently skewers our society's preference for a quick-fix nirvana in this chronicle of one woman's quest for love and meaning in a world numbed by materialism and psychotropic drugs.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2008-08-12
Publication Date:
2008-08-12
Publisher:
Grove Atlantic
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0802170552
ISBN13:
9780802170552
Weight:
295 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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