Reader Reviews

Below is a selection of reader reviews and comments on Auspicious Good Fortune. If you would like to leave a public comment, please follow these links to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or Goodreads.com, and scroll down to Reviews. For private comments, you are most welcome to contact Sumangali.

This book is charming, engaging, funny, brutally honest and self-effacing and is written in an achingly beautiful style.”
– Reader279, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

This is a beautifully written account of the author’s searching for meaning in her life and her journey to spiritual fulfilment…. Recommended to all those who need inspiration on their spiritual journey.”
– Mr. M. Payne, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

…the further you read the more you become aware of the emerging, growing and lasting happiness and fulfillment in her. For me it was like an inner light that is growing and more and more shining through her life.”
– Shashanka Karlen, excerpt from Amazon.com

I was spellbound, intrigued, surprised, touched, shocked and brought to tears and laughter as I went from page to page, eager to read the next experience that Sumangali shared so honestly…”
– Pranayani Schuringa, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

A very inspiring life story, beautifully told which will resonate in the heart of any spiritually-inclined person. I’ve read it twice and I highly recommend it.”
– B. W. Neve, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

I loved every minute I was reading it! It had me laughing and crying all the way through. I could barely put it down to go to work.”
– Caroline Widmer, excerpt from Amazon.de

…her story is Everyman’s, relevant and contemporary, bringing the eternal truths offered by the great saints and savants of history into our own questing journeys, into lives that struggle to find meaning in an often spiritless world.”
– J R Kirby, excerpt from Amazon.com

Sumangali’s book allowed me so deep into her world that I felt I was living every moment, every experience with her from the first page to the last.”
– Bhajaniya, excerpt from Amazon.com

Sumangali Morhall writes with courage, intelligence, maturity, and her own spiritual wisdom…. A modern classic and a must read.”
– D. T. Johnson, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

Very enjoyable read! This is a very clear, well written and honest look into a unique life’s journey.”
– Stephane Ritchot, excerpt from Amazon.com

This book is near impossible to put down! … It is a book I can see myself reading again and again. I highly recommend it.”
– Caitlin Michael, excerpt from Amazon.ca

Honest, Interesting, Beautiful… I loved it and I could not recommend it more.”
– Amaravati, excerpt from Amazon.com

The beautiful, lush images itself made this book a delight to read. Ms. Morhall’s love of adventure and deep wisdom rounded out this particular memoir for me. I would recommend it very highly to any seeker of higher Truth.”
– Morris Klein, excerpt from Amazon.com

You managed to make us feel, as readers, that the good fortune you felt had come your way was also just as much ours. That is a rare achievement…”
– Hita Hirons, excerpt from Sumangali.org

Sumangali Morhall’s style of writing is uniquely captivating. She draws the reader into her world naturally and without pretense, letting him experience her own struggles and illuminations as if they were his own.”
– Hidde Tangerman, excerpt from Amazon.com

This memoir is moving, inspiring and heartening for all spiritual seekers, sensitive observers and lovers of wonderful writing. It is a rare bright glimpse into a world that each person has within themselves to realise.”
– Duradarshinee, excerpt from Amazon.com

A beautifully written sincere book. Set very much in the present and confronting many of the problems facing us today.”
– Judy Hunt, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

Great book, very evocative.”
– P. Fox, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

Sometimes funny, sometimes heart-wrenching but always completely engaging, Auspicious Good Fortune is the honest and eloquently told story of a misfit’s quest to find her place in the world.”
– Bhashini, excerpt from Goodreads.com

A profoundly insightful book into the life of a woman growing up with all the attractions and trapping of modern life, and yet yearning for a deeper understanding of herself.”
– Veeraja, excerpt from Amazon.com

Sumangali’s book is a striking and illumining tale of self-search and discovery, written with a frightening sincerity and an exquisite poetic prose.”
– Hridananda, excerpt from Amazon.com

To hear the desperateness in some of your experiences, then the illumining, joyful outcome that is your blossoming spiritual life, gives me much inspiration and hope for my own spiritual journey.”
– Dave, excerpt from Sumangali.org

Auspicious Good Fortune is a genuinely inspiring and lofty read about an otherworldly realm… and the author’s journey in this world to get there.”
– John Gillespie, excerpt from Amazon.com

I got a lot of inspiration from this book – actually it seems much more than an inspiring life story – it is a revealing, uplifting insight into a modern-day spiritual path and many fundamental truths of life.”
– David James, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

A candid, exquisitely written journey from the heart to the soul.”
– Lynn Ogilvie, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

Sumangali writes poetically and with great detail. When I get a good book, I read it quickly, and I can’t put it down, this was one of those, I read it in 2 days!”
– Kelty, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

This book will appeal to those who also sought for greater meaning in life, and at some time faced that disillusionment with material life. It also gives a fascinating insight into Sri Chinmoy and his way of teaching.”
– John Berry, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

Genuinely uplifting, lyrical and poetic the book brings us ever closer to a meeting place of East and West. Highly recommended.”
– Dave Harrison, excerpt from Amazon.com

Her memories of her spiritual master are both humble and endearing, painting a picture of an unusual but down to earth lifestyle. Ten out of ten! ”
– Kate Hirons, excerpt from Amazon.com

This is an extremely honest, charming and interestingly told life story… Loved it!”
– A.H. Kusuthova, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

The book left me silenced, hopeful, and with the conviction that whoever sincerely and genuinely seeks, finds a path which will exactly suit him or her.”
– Maaike Thiadens, excerpt from Amazon.com

Simply authentic and beautiful.”
– M. Leitner, excerpt from Amazon.co.uk

Her use of the English language is enthralling. Images sparkle from the sentences. It is fascinating, vibrant, alive.”
– Sarita, excerpt from Amazon.ca

It’s an eclectic darkness-to-light journey held together by the author’s irrepressible spirit. Those not moved to tears will surely smile.”
– Michael Howard, excerpt from Amazon.com