Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and dancing with the Pits)

I've always liked SARK's first books the best, and--when I picked this book up to browse through--I wasn't expecting such a vibrant return to her raw, unvarnished, joyous and inspiring style.And frankly, there are times when I'm so blue, I look at what's on my self-help bookshelf, and even SARK's early books are simply too much for me. This book changed everything. If you've ever picked up a self-help book in a bitter moment and muttered, "Yeah, right, what planet is SHE on?" but felt more like dissolving into a little puddle of misery, desperate for SOMETHING to help get you unstuck... this is the book you want to own.

At last---I was disappointed with the last few of SARK's books---however much I adore and reread "Succulent Wild Women." When I saw "Eat Mangoes Naked" with its beautiful, vivid cover, I KNEW it was gonna be a good one. SARK always manages to cheer me, remind me of my insight, inspire me and motivate me to do enormously creative stuff! What a woman! What an author! What an artist! This book is written about how to find something good in everything. Now, Ms SARK truly wants us all to do this, sincerely. And I think thats what also makes this book so wonderful and endearing. SARK shares her experiences, thoughts and feelings with us, as well as her friends, in this volume. For those new to SARK's work, the book is written "by hand" in different colors and doodles and poems and quotes abound. Such an entertaining, thoughtful escape from the ordinary. If you need help finding something good in every situation and irony of life, please pick this book up and treasure it. I love ya SARK! PS My daughters love the art and neat ideas she puts in, too. PPS Gotta go, surfing the websites she suggests for feel-good-high.

SARKs' work has meant so much to me. Her work is so unique and above all HONEST. No holding back. Reading this book I found myself smiling and nearly crying many times. The waving squirrel, her experience with her elderly friend Rebeccas death, the way you feel on top of the world one day and your confusion when you wake up the next completely deflated for what seems like no reason. She's warm, she inspires, she lays bare her faults and suddenly you can make peace with yours. Sometimes we go through life thinking " Why is it only me?" or " Is it only me?" SARK reminds us it's not. Personally this book is one of the very most enjoyable of all of them. It is about pleasure and pleasure and healing is all you will find.