The Holy Man's Journey: Book Two of the Holy Man Trilogy - Softcover

Trott, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493593331 ISBN 13: 9781493593330

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

The Holy Man's Journey picks up the story of the beloved wise man featured in The Holy Man book. Joe has recognized Anna as his successor. She and her troublesome husband, Errol, and their two children, are staying at the hermitage. Joe decides he must take Anna on a trip to visit his former teacher, Chen, at his Universe-city, but his health is failing and Anna is concerned that the trip will be too much for him. As it turns out, Joe knows exactly what he's doing. He uses the journey as a learning experience for Anna and as a spiritual cure for his corrupted mentor. It is a journey which brings enlightenment to Ann and to Chen -- in different ways. Intimate and revealing, this is a tale of friendship and love that shows the human side of the holy man while never ceasing to instruct and enlighten the reader.

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About the Author

Susan Trott is the author of 16 novels. The Holy Man Trilogy is her most inspired work.

From Kirkus Reviews

Sequel to Trott's The Holy Man (1995), which hit the bestseller lists--in San Francisco--for weeks. Trott has written ten novels, including Divorcing Daddy (1992). This modest story picks up with enlightened Anna and snide husband Errol and their two small kids still at the Holy Man's retreat on a sacred mountain in an Eastern country. Joe the Holy Man, now in failing health in his mid-70s, wants to go down the mountain for the first time in 25 years and see his mentor, Chen, for a farewell visit. As it happens, Chen is 25 years younger than Joe and has built a ``Univers-City,'' where 2,500 young disciples pay to keep Chen in luxury. Joe and Anna have several minor adventures on their way to Chen, and from each Anna learns something new via Joe's wisdom. During a visit to a shop, Anne is nearly raped but learns to accept blame for putting herself in danger's way. From a cab driver with an obsession to collect rare clay pots she learns about repressed creativity. From three beggar women she learns how to help the deprived feel worthy. Anna, it turns out, also has a gift for healing. At last she and Joe meet Chen, a Chinese genius who grew up in a Cambodian monastery before becoming Joe's teacher. Chen sees Joe as a great trickster, and when Joe dies offstage as Chen is speaking to his huge student body in the Univers-City auditorium, it's an act that an astonished Chen calls Joe's greatest trick. When Chen and Anna carry the old man's sweet-smelling corpse back to his monastery for burial, Anna discovers that her abrasive husband has seemingly run off with the kids. Meanwhile, Joe's death serves to jolt Chen back to reality. All right, mildly entertaining, but clearly for the already pre-sold. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1493593331
• ISBN 13: 9781493593330
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 140