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We could all use a lot more of Fred Rogers these days, making this first full-length biography of the country’s best neighbor a welcome addition to the fall reading list. The book takes readers through his personal and professional life, drawing on archival documents and original interviews.
Namaste the Hard Way
When Sasha Brown was a teenager growing up in the Rust Belt, her hippy mom’s yoga practice and Sanskrit chants were something to be shrugged off with embarrassment. When her mother died of breast cancer when Sasha was just 16, there was little comfort to be found in yoga until a running injury brought her back to the practice in adulthood — and to a new understanding of the parent she lost. A meditation on grief, loss, yoga and the bonds between mother and daughter.
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Source: New York Post
