Written as biography, the author's loosely chronological mosaic of memories chart her search for beauty in a broken world. Rejected by her mother at birth, abandoned by her father, life compelled her, an unworldly misfit, into the world. Cats, roses, saints and synchronicities led her to Dom Bede Griffiths and Mrs Irina Tweedie, two luminaries who formed the healing core to her Self. Timely appearances of Dame Judi Dench over a number of years inspired...