These are travel notes of a seeker after meaning, and it is the good fortune of Dr. Rako's readers that having found and lived through many answers she is, in the end, unwilling to regard any of them as final enough to end her search. This remarkably candid memoir is like a dance in which components of the author s self child, parent, lover, learner, teacher, therapist move in relation to one another. The reader experiences fragmentation and integration, distress and delight. This is life as lived thoughtfully, deeply, and honestly.