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Lying Awake

Mark Salzman

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"I am not terribly religious. I'm not religious at all, actually. And so, but for me religion is always interesting. I like to learn about it. I like to know more about it. So, the book is about cloistered nuns. And one of the nuns is particularly like the main character. And what she's going through is sort of these, what she calls "ecstasies" where she's getting really horrible migraine type headaches. And she usually sort of ignores them during her nun duties, but they always have a time in their cell in the evening. And when she gets there, she writes. And she feels like she's having this direct connection to God through her writing. And she's published books, so she's well known for having you know this close Godly connection and for being a very good writer. As it turns out, she goes to the doctor and finds out that there's a lump behind one of her ears. And it's connected to a type of epilepsy. And if she has surgery on it she'll be fine, but what she has to figure out is her connection with God because of her epilepsy or because of her faith? I have to tell you, I wasn't a great big fan of the book actually. The story line was interesting, but it was one of those books that I was just sort of reading because I wanted to know what decision she made, but I wasn't really wrapped up in it. For me it was kind of a disappointing book. And I know that for her the question of faith was very important. But because for me it's not, I just wanted her to hurry up and decide. I would give this book, two and a half to three stars out of five."