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Mystic Tea
Written by Rea Nolan Martin
Narrated by Allyson Johnson
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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A community of quirky, mismatched, and endearing women struggle to find meaning and purpose on a ramshackle monastery in upstate New York. Having spent their lives in service to a church that seems to no longer serve them, they are confused about their own futures and the future of the entire monastery. Led by Mike, the practical no-nonsense prioress, and Augusta, the grand ancient mystic hermit, they are joined by Gemma, a self-punishing novice, and Arielle, a firebrand jailhouse conversion who was sent there out of rehab by a "sort of angel." The personalities, commitments, philosophies and beliefs of these and all the characters conflict and converge in ways at once perilous and enlightening. Throughout the tempestuous journey, Augusta's magical sacred teas draw the inevitable closer and closer.
Mystic Tea is a contemporary love story between young and old, franchised and disenfranchised, pedestrian and mystic. Most of all, it is a story of female empowerment as the women find the courage to confront epic challenges, creating a surprising future from the oppressive ashes of the past. It will make you smile as much as it will make you think.
Mystic Tea is a contemporary love story between young and old, franchised and disenfranchised, pedestrian and mystic. Most of all, it is a story of female empowerment as the women find the courage to confront epic challenges, creating a surprising future from the oppressive ashes of the past. It will make you smile as much as it will make you think.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I absolutely loved this book! I laughed out loud so many times! The narrator is perfect! It is so warm and beautifully captures the magic of women learning to trust themselves and each other. It warmed my heart and I bought 3 copies to share with friends.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really Really Good!! God works in mysterious ways. Just lovely.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved it! One of the best books I've listened to.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mystic Tea kept popping up as a Kindle unlimited book I should want to read. In this case, Amazon did a good job as this book fits nicely with some of the reading I am doing.Set in an almost defunct convent led by not always perfect nuns in upstate New York, the book tells the story of the old nuns and two young women who join them. Grace, the convent's founder, now long dead, continues to exert a powerful spiritual influence, and one of the newcomers, a young woman who knows nothing of God or religion, bears a strong resemblance to Grace. The other young woman takes her own beliefs to an extreme including self harm in the spirit of the ancient penitents. She also suffers from some sort of mental health issue that leads to a split personality. This part of the book was somewhat disturbing, but the current mother superior, Sister Mike, eventually gets her the help she needs.I enjoyed the book--it dealt with spiritual issues in an authentic and thoughtful way mainly through the eyes of three characters: the two young women and Sister Mike. We hear briefly from the oldest nun, Augusta, who inhabits her own trailer and exerts great influence through her medicinal and possibly magical teas concocted from her garden.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Divinely Written. Divinely Read. Divinely Enjoyed.Mystic Tea is a wonderful new book by author, Rea Nolan Martin. Hilarious yet serious. Spiritual yet Real. This book did not disappoint. The women portrayed in the book are wonderful and I had to keep reading to find out how it ended.A very enjoyable read.Highly Recommended!!