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When Cindy moves to Thailand with her husband and teenage son, she finds herself strangely adrift in a foreign culture, unprepared for the challenges she encounters there. On an impulse she signs up for a conference where she unexpectedly meets a Thai Buddhist nun, Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, who leads her on a spiritual journey from which there is no turning back. Along the way she discovers the beauty of the Thai people and culture. 

This soulful and engaging memoir is the story of one woman’s journey of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through her connection to a loving Buddhist teacher who fully accepts and nurtures her in a way her own mother never did. Finding Venerable Mother is a testimony to the power of faith, forgiveness, and love.

“Cindy Rasicot’s loving account of her own transformation through knowing Bhikkhuni Dhammananda is a joy to read.” —Sylvia Boorstein

“Beautifully crafted, miraculously evocative, and continuously inspiring, Finding Venerable Mother is, at its essence, a story about an intelligent modern woman’s deeply felt spiritual quest.” —Jasmin Darznik, PhD author of Song of a Captive Bird and the New York Times bestseller The Good Daughter 

“An intriguingly honest portrayal of an expat’s life altering personal growth in Asia.” —Kirkus Reviews