YIDDISH YOGA: RUTHIE’S ADVENTURES IN LOVE, LOSS, AND THE LOTUS POSITION
Book ID/图书代码： 09775008B29715
English Summary/英文概要： A poignant and funny tale written in the voice of Ruthie, a recently widowed New York City Jewish grandmother, who accepts her granddaughter’s gift of a year’s worth of yoga lessons with surprising results. This small-format gift hardcover features original illustrations, and glossaries of Yiddish and yoga terms.
A Jewish Bubby like Ruthie doesn’t necessarily come to yoga with the most open of minds. But when her granddaughter Stephanie gives Ruthie a year of yoga classes soon after she is widowed, she doesn’t want to risk offending her.
Ruthie is skeptical of yoga and its promise of renewal, healing, and transformation. She can’t resist poking fun at some of the new words and rituals, often translating the foreign language of Yogic philosophy in the familiar idiom of her native Yiddish culture.
As he journey progresses from week to week, subtle transformations occur. In spite of herself, Ruthie forges new paths, new postures, and unexpected friendships, slowly overcoming her grief.
Written as a monologue, Yiddish Yoga is a poignant, witty, and human story of love in its many expressions--between granddaughter and grandmother, between an older woman and her younger yoga teacher, between a widow and her husband of fifty years. As Ruthie learns to let go of her past without forgetting, she shows us how to embrace the present with new vigor, strength, and courage, and above all, makes us laugh.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位喪偶的祖母透過接觸瑜珈，重拾找回生活活力的故事！ 一段心酸有趣的故事，講述了居住在紐約的祖母Ruthie於喪偶之後，在孫女的鼓勵下練習瑜伽並最終從中感悟良多的故事。
整本書精簡小巧，但內容卻絕不縮水，除去原汁原味的插畫之外，更有意第緒語以及瑜伽術語的辭彙說明。年逾花甲的高齡再加上猶太的家庭背景，這令得Ruthie在開始時對於瑜伽始終顯得是不置可否。在失去了老伴之後，為了讓她重新振作起來，孫女Stephanie為其報名參加了為期一年的瑜伽健身班，無法婉拒晚輩的好意，Ruthie就此加入了瑜伽的學習之中。
瑜伽是一門古老的體術，不過在開始時，Ruthie卻表現得既懷疑又抗拒，對於其中的一些術語和儀式，老太太更是顯得的不屑一顧，甚至還不時拿它們開開玩笑。不過，隨著學習的深入，在不知不覺中瑜伽為Ruthie帶來了不可思議的影響，漸漸地，原本悲傷的心境得以平復，而更令人驚喜的是，她的生命之中又再次融入了全新的活力和友情。
本書的獨特之處就在於，自始至終，故事以第一人稱的獨白方式而展開。嬉笑怒駡、五味俱全，事實上這是一段有關於愛的故事，這種感情在不同的人物之間，以不同的方式進行著演繹 - 一名祖母與一名孫女之間，一名老婦人與一名瑜伽教練之間、一名寡婦與她過世的丈夫之間。
當主人公最終成功釋懷過去並選擇擁抱當下後，讀者定能從她的身上感受到了嶄新的活力、勇氣以及朝氣，並發出會心的微笑。(AW & VL)
Awards/获奖情况：Reviews:
"I love Yiddish Yoga! It could be the new Haiku for Jews or Zen Judaism."---Susan Weis, Breathe Books, Baltimore
"Yiddish Yoga is ultimately a short story about transformation, a warm and likable tale about letting go of the past, and living in the moment. It is about putting the ’om’ in shalom."---The Jewish Journal, Boston
"The greatest joy of Yiddish Yoga is its matter-of-fact depiction of a reassuring fact—that growing older doesn’t mean we have to stop growing."---The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
"I fell in love with Ruthie…An absolute delight."---Marilyn Dahl, Shelf Awareness
About the Author/作者介绍： Lisa Grunberger 擁有芝加哥大學神學院(University of Chicago Divinity School)比較宗教學的博士學位。目前是天普大學Temple University英語系的教師，另外她也教授瑜珈多年。
Format:MANUSCRIPT
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