As some of you know who may occasionally check this blog, I wrote my master’s thesis on the work of Mary Pipher. Several years have passed since then. With each new book Pipher has produced, I’ve eagerly read and enjoyed them. Her common sense approach to life and its challenges seems like something that is often missing from our society, and something that is sorely needed now more than ever.
In Pipher’s latest book, Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World, she discusses how the fame she encountered with the publication of Reviving Ophelia affected her. It ultimately led to a private meltdown. This situation caused her to look back upon her life and examine how she arrived at this point. The book is really a memoir, but it is also instructive. Her particular story has universal elements to which we all can relate.
