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    Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation
    Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation
    Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation
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    Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation

    Written by Dawn Downey

    Narrated by Dawn Downey

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    In this spiritual memoir, Dawn Downey chronicles a journey that leads her from revelations at a Buddhist monastery to transcendence at a Baptist church. She loses her way in the foothills of California and discovers oneness in the high desert of Colorado. En route, she uncovers the cause of her lifelong depression: childhood abuse. A story for everyone who loves inspiration mixed with humor.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateMar 24, 2016
    ISBN9780996324021
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    Dawn Downey

    Dawn Downey writes personal essays about love and pain. She is the author of Blindsided, Searching for My Heart, From Dawn to Daylight, and Stumbling Toward the Buddha. Her publishing career began in 2007, with an article in The Christian Science Monitor. She begins her day with yoga, followed by meditation. Easily distracted, she deploys an app that blocks the internet from her computer during writing sessions. (She cheats by checking her phone.) Downey lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

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