PositiveThe Star TribuneThe universal season of transition and mortality is a truly spectacular experience in Japan, and the book is a sensory feast alive with blaze-red maples, \'yuzu-colored\' light, haunting temple bells, smoke from fires lighting the paths of the spirit world and the firefly-like winking of lantern-lit graveyards ... His insights, shared via broad journal-like observations about the Japanese, or through more personal stories of love and loss, center on the wisdom and grace — and difficulty—of accepting the reality of impermanence [.]
Anne Lamott
PositiveMinneapolis Star Tribune\"... [Lamont] serves up her characteristic wisdom and wit, offering soul food for the weary and motherly advice on how we can all remain calm and keep our proverbial \'stuff\' together ... The Lamott faithful and new readers alike will find some useful therapy here, though the short book\'s scattered nuggets of random truths oftentimes resonate greater than the whole.\
