'My Year of Living Spiritually' by Anne Bokma

My Year of Living Spiritually : From Woo-Woo to Wonderful--One Woman’s Secular Quest for a More Soulful Life by Anne Bokma
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Anne Bokma has written an accessible and eminently readable memoir of her midlife, organized around a year where she tried something new in the "spiritual but not religious" realm. A journalist by trade, Bokma's work has the feel of a dozen feature articles, held together by her backstory: having left the strict Christian denomination in which she was raised, which estranged her from her family. During her experimental year, she kicks the tires on yoga (not so much), solitude (thumbs up), singing (two thumbs up), and spiritualism (meh), to name a few. Her journey is one that many middle-class women of North America can relate to (Bokma is Canadian). Sometimes touching, sometimes funny, this yearlong tour of spiritual exploration should appeal to many a seeker.