Sacred Fire

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>How do two people who deeply love and respect each other walk hand in hand when they don't see eye to eye?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Uma her husband of seventeen years and teenage daughter have relocated to Chicago in the spring of 2008. Within weeks her mother in Southern India is diagnosed with cancer. Nine months later Uma gets the dreaded phone call. Her mother is dead.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This unfathomable loss triggers Uma's rebirth and spiritual awakening. As she feels compelled to heed the call of her soul her husband must face a harsh reality: the wife he knew and loved intimately is transforming into a whole new person. Someone to whom the mystical feels more real than the material.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The decades-long marriage faces a crossroads as Uma journeys through a period she calls the apprenticeship of her soul.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>She and her husband must learn a new love language to navigate the changed marital landscape they find themselves in. Can he make space for her evolution and love her through it? Can she love him through the choices he continues to make and a lack of curiosity about the world she now inhabits?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Sacred Fire spans a timeline through New Delhi Hyderabad Chennai and Chicago weaving through the years from when Uma and her husband first met and married through the early storms of their shared life to a threshold marked by the unfolding of Uma's spiritual journey. Now they must confront whether and how two people in intimate partnership can walk together when their paths begin to diverge.</span></p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------</p><p></p><h4><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Praise for Sacred Fire</em></h4><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Sacred Fire</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is a powerful testament to love individuality and commitment within marriage. With raw honesty and heartfelt wisdom it reveals how two souls can honor their unique paths while remaining deeply connected. This inspiring memoir illuminates love's resilience and its capacity to endure and evolve through life's challenges.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>- Anita Moorjani New York Times best-selling author</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Sacred Fire</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is the story of a marriage but also a reflection of life together in a society that often enables us to grow in different directions. How can two people who are very different stay married for life?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This memoir provides some of the answers and a lot of inspiration to kindle your commitment to marriage. Uma Girish is an expert weaver of this tale of love commitment and values that really matter.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>- Daniela I. Norris author of </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>On Dragonfly Wings</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A beautifully written and insightful portrait of a marriage and the unforeseen consequences of the decisions we make. Uma didn't want an arranged marriage but living alone and working in a city far away from her beloved family ultimately made her reconsider. Her story depicts how a woman can navigate the tumult of being called to a spiritual path not shared by her husband. A must-read!</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> -Paula Robinson author of </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Healing Home & Garden: Reimagining Spaces for Optimal Wellbeing</em></p><p></p>