Extraordinary . vibrates with necessity . A Hymn to Life is novelistic and resounds with grace . The language is precise and vivid; the story reverberates with echoes and patterns . an extraordinary achievement . There is beauty, love, hope . And there is rage, loss and fear of the void beneath her feet . Many could be enriched by this alertly human account of 70 years of life.

Here is a perspective that is full, candid and instructive.