water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hide and show what's hidden. Study them, and enjoy this being washed with a secret we sometimes know, and then not. -Rumi
"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves."
--Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese"
"This book is one of the most incredible books I have ever read. The writing is so beautiful. Exquisite." -- C.C.
"Thank you for writing this book. It's a powerful, beautiful thing. It is both a great read and also a deep look at what it is to live in this world, especially as a woman. So many passages resonated." --U.M.
"This book helped me to see and understand aspects of myself that I've never been able to reach, even after years of therapy. Reading this was deeply healing for me." --BK
"I devoured this book in 2 days and it ripped me open for a week in the best and most heartbreaking way...I felt so inspired, validated and connected." R.J.
"This is one of the most engrossing, beautiful memoirs I have ever read. A search for meaning in the face of extraordinary trauma, a journey of physical pain, love, freedom, and ultimately the deepest wisdom: wisdom of the body and soul. It's also about what it means - or does not mean - to be a woman, and all the constrictions and beliefs still governing many women's lives and bodies and the consequences of flying in the face of these." -SJ