Of Golden Frogs and Such is presented as a case study written in the form of a memoir, the story of the author's 16-year journey-through silence, isolation, and grief-to wholeness. It is also an expos? of the perils inherent in the closed systems of religion and psychology. Her story is, as well, a testimony to the power of voice; or perhaps it is a meditation on the creative soul and the human spirit to survive.