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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
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BETWEEN THE PEAKS OF LIGHT
Losing myself and finding the heart of kindness in Nepal
Mary has traveled extensively throughout India and Nepal studying with renowned masters of various spiritual disciplines with a strong focus on Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practices. She holds a BA in psychology from Queen's University and currently teaches writing and meditation at the University of Toronto. Trained in classical ballet, Mary has performed in theatre and film, producing works with such luminaries as the
singer Jane Siberry and the internationally celebrated author, Michael Ondaatje. For more details, visit: Marypaterson.ca
singer Jane Siberry and the internationally celebrated author, Michael Ondaatje. For more details, visit: Marypaterson.ca
On a bright cold day, a man was leaving a woman. Twenty-eight days later, the woman was kicked out of her home. It didn't matter that the owner of the house himself wished to move in. She'd just been crushingly dumped. The next month she lost her job. Well not exactly. She sold her businessa termination from work that she'd loved for eleven years. She hadn't foreseen the wrenching loneliness and loss of identity to come. So there she was. Heart-broken.
Homeless. Jobless. Oh, and she'd just turned forty-nine.
BETWEEN THE PEAKS OF LIGHT is a story about losing a self and finding kindness. Broken and naked and stripped raw from a bad streak, Mary Paterson journeyed to the great mountains of Nepal for fifty days over her fiftieth birthday in search of renewed purpose and with just one intentionto help others. Along the way, she encounters monks o planes, wandering mystics, a man named Jesus, wild dogs, and a band of barefoot boys in back alleys. All of them taught her the healing power and radiant joy of true kindness.
MARY PATERSON is the author of the spiritual memoir, The Monks and Me: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh's French Monastery Guided Me Home, about her pilgrimage to the Buddhist monastery of the world-renowned Noble Peace prize nominee. It was published by Hampton Roads in the U.S. and Canada in 2012, with foreign translations in Holland, France, Germany, Brazil, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Turkey, and China. Paterson was the Founder of Toronto's Lotus Yoga Centre, where for eleven years she taught people from all walks of life: from Alist celebrities and artists to physicians and C.E.O's. She recently sold the Centre to focus on writing full-time.
Homeless. Jobless. Oh, and she'd just turned forty-nine.
BETWEEN THE PEAKS OF LIGHT is a story about losing a self and finding kindness. Broken and naked and stripped raw from a bad streak, Mary Paterson journeyed to the great mountains of Nepal for fifty days over her fiftieth birthday in search of renewed purpose and with just one intentionto help others. Along the way, she encounters monks o planes, wandering mystics, a man named Jesus, wild dogs, and a band of barefoot boys in back alleys. All of them taught her the healing power and radiant joy of true kindness.
MARY PATERSON is the author of the spiritual memoir, The Monks and Me: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh's French Monastery Guided Me Home, about her pilgrimage to the Buddhist monastery of the world-renowned Noble Peace prize nominee. It was published by Hampton Roads in the U.S. and Canada in 2012, with foreign translations in Holland, France, Germany, Brazil, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Turkey, and China. Paterson was the Founder of Toronto's Lotus Yoga Centre, where for eleven years she taught people from all walks of life: from Alist celebrities and artists to physicians and C.E.O's. She recently sold the Centre to focus on writing full-time.