Dissatisfied with her job as a pharmaceutical rep and struggling with thedecline of her longterm relationship Grace a wellheeled Londoner uses yogaclass to unwi... » 

Dissatisfied with her job as a pharmaceutical rep and struggling with thedecline of her longterm relationship Grace a wellheeled Londoner uses yogaclass to unwind reflect and momentarily transcend her earthly dilemmas. Whilepitching her companys latest antidepressant to the disarming Dr. James she isinspired by his plan to study Eastern medicine in Vietnam and decides to quither job to become a yoga teacher. After studying at the eccentric White LotusFoundation in California Grace returns to London ready for her new life. Butnothing could have prepared her for the motley crew of students she amassesfrom the octogenarian industrialist desperate for distraction the supermodelwho indulges yogic aspirations when she tires of kabbalah to the American filmstar who uses yoga classes to conceal a scandalous affair. Overwhelmed Gracesoon finds herself relying on her bicontinental correspondence with Dr. Jamesfor solace and inspiration his words hovering above her London life like asweet promise. With an eye for the absurdity in every encounter Alexandra Graygently skewers our societys preference for a quickfix nirvana in thischronicle of one womans quest for love and meaning in a world numbed bymaterialism and psychotropic drugs. «