There isn’t a page in this book that isn’t bracing… . –Marie Howe

Beginning with the word defeat and concluding on the word alive, Goodbye to the Orchard testifies that we must remain open in the face of loss, because loss is a given; and that our glimpses of the mysteries–whether of dying or living–are all we’re allowed.

Steven Cramer is the author of The Eye that Desires to Look Upward, The World Book, and Dialogue for the Left and Right Hand. He currently lives in Massachusetts.