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'A rollercoaster ride through a land of chaos and contradiction with a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life - and her sanity. A rollercoaster ride through a land of chaos and contradiction with a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life - and her sanity. After backpacking her way around India Sarah Macdonald decides she hates the country with a passion. When a beggar reads her palm and insists she will one day return - and for love - she screams 'Never!' But twelve years later the prophecy comes true. When the love of her life is posted to India, Sarah follows him to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. It seems like the ultimate sacrifice for love and it almost kills her - literally. After being cursed by a naked sadhu smeared in human ashes Sarah almost dies from double pneumonia, but not before facing some serious questions about her fragile mortality and inner spiritual void - not to mention some unsightly hair loss. It's enough to send a rapidly balding atheist on a wild rollercoaster ride through India in search of the meaning of life and death. With the help of the Dalai Lama, a goddess of healing hugs and a couple of Bollywood stars - among many, many others - Sarah discovers a hell of a lot more. ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: To my mum and dad for having me
To Jonathan for taking me and
To India for making me.
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- Sound recording.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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'Trading Places in the Promised Lands': Indian Pilgrimage Paradigms in Postcolonial Travel Narratives
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Literature for Our Times : Postcolonial Studies in the Twenty-First Century. 2012; (p. 245-268) Discusses Holy Cow by Sarah Macdonald and The Rope in the Water (2001) by Canadian novelist and travel writer Sylvia Fraser. -
Armchair Tourism : The Popularity of Australian Travel Writing
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 182-202) 'Richard White examines the 'uneasy relationship' between the genre of travel writing and the notions of the popular. He considers the way in which 'Australian travel writers negotiated the pitfalls of popularity' and argues that 'a number of Australian writers broke with these conventions and willingly embraced the popular.' He takes Frank Clune and Colin Simpson as case studies to examine how their writing courted a popular mass market in Australia and created a genre where ordinary tourist was hero.' (Editor's foreword xiv) -
India and Australia : Cross Cultural Connections
2010
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— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 37-45) Explores the Indian influence in Australian literature, writers, and culture. -
Reconfiguring 'Asian Australian' Writing : Australia, India and Inez Baranay
2010
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— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 11-29) Mapping South Asian Diasporas 2018; (p. 250-267) -
Caffe Latte ... and a New Life
2003
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 April 2003; (p. 10)
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Untitled
2002
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 December vol. 120 no. 6353 2002;
— Review of Holy Cow : An Indian Adventure 2002 single work autobiography -
The Beggar Knew Best
2002
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— Appears in: Herald Sun , 30 November 2002;
— Review of Holy Cow : An Indian Adventure 2002 single work autobiography -
A Caustic Love Affair
2002
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— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 2 November 2002; (p. 54)
— Review of Holy Cow : An Indian Adventure 2002 single work autobiography ; Sir William Deane : The Things that Matter 2002 single work biography -
Caffe Latte ... and a New Life
2003
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 April 2003; (p. 10) -
With Love and Curses
2002
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 November 2002; (p. 1) -
Karma Chameleon
2002
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— Appears in: Sunday Herald-Sun , 13 October 2002; -
Reconfiguring 'Asian Australian' Writing : Australia, India and Inez Baranay
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 11-29) Mapping South Asian Diasporas 2018; (p. 250-267) -
India and Australia : Cross Cultural Connections
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 37-45) Explores the Indian influence in Australian literature, writers, and culture.
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,