Doris Grumbach is author of Coming into the End Zone, Extra Innings, Fifty Days of Solitude, Life in a Day, and six novels. She has been literary editor of The New Republic, a nonfiction columnist for The New York Times Book Review, and a book reviewer for National Public Radio. She lives in Maine.
Bracingly candid and lyrically written. . . . Deserves to be as highly ranked as any work of spirituality since the writings of Thomas Merton. --Colman McCarthy, The Washington Post Book World <br><br> A candid, personal journal full of blind alleys, stumbles, yearning, and inspiration. -- The Boston Globe <br><br> [Grumbach] writes so beautifully, her book is a gift to all, including those not considering a plunge into the cold water of silent singularity -Brinkley Craft Goranson, The Virginian-Pilot <br><br> Graceful and elegant prose. -- Publishers Weekly