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Book Review of My Monastery Is a Minivan: 35 Stories from a Real Life

My Monastery Is a Minivan: 35 Stories from a Real Life
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Helpful Score: 1


I really, really, really wanted to like this book. I had been hoping that it would be an encouraging book for Catholic moms.

There were a few lines here and there that encouraged me as a Catholic mother, but I had to wade through things like:
*The author's complaints about being a pregnant seminarian (icky morning sickness and being too pregnant to fit into the albs for sacraments class),
*101 guru/zen master quotes and chapters on eastern philosophy/religion
*"Duck Day"--a chapter where the author writes that people getting together to feed ducks pleases Jesus more than going to mass.

If you're looking for encouragement as a Catholic mom, this might not be what you're looking for.