Joanne Grumet weaves a mirrored quilt of family legend, childhood memories, and the insights of an always-youthful seeker into the nature of God and existential suffering. Grumet channels human vulnerability - a husband losing his way in the woods of Alzheimer's, a father worrying aloud that he'll be called "a dirty Jew"-with grit and empathy, reminding us that when we can't go on, as Beckett wrote, we'll go on. Hilary Sideris, author of Calliope (Broadstone Books)