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Franz, Tracy.
Zen Buddhists -- Japan -- Biography.
Buddhist women -- Japan -- Biography.
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Franz, Tracy.
Franz, Tracy.
Zen Buddhists -- Japan -- Biography.
Buddhist women -- Japan -- Biography.
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My
year
of
dirt
and
water
:
journal
of a
Zen
monk
's
wife
in
Japan
/ Tracy Franz.
by
Franz, Tracy.
Stone Bridge Press, 2018.
Call #:
294.3927 F837m
Subjects
Franz, Tracy.
Zen
Buddhists --
Japan
-- Biography.
Buddhist women --
Japan
-- Biography.
ISBN:
9781611720426 (pbk.)
Description:
307 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"In February 2004, when her American husband, a recently ordained
Zen
monk
, leaves home to train for a
year
at a centuries-old Buddhist monastery, Tracy Franz embarks on her own
year
of
Zen
. A woman alone--and lonely--in
Japan
, she begins to pay attention.
My
Year
of
Dirt
and
Water
is a record of that journey. Allowed only occasional and formal visits to see her cloistered husband, Tracy teaches English, studies Japanese, and devotes herself to making pottery. Her teacher instructs her to turn cup after cup--creating one failure after another. Past and present, East and West intertwine as Tracy is twice compelled to return home to Alaska to confront her mother'
s
newly diagnosed cancer and the ghosts of a devastating childhood. Revolving through the days,
My
Year
of
Dirt
and
Water
circles hard questions: What is love? What is art? What is practice? What do we do with the burden of suffering? The answers are formed and then unformed--a ceramic bowl born on the wheel and then returned again and again to
dirt
and
water
."--From publisher.
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Memoirs.
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