A selection of poetry from Kathleen Norris's three previous volumes, spanning 30 years - ""A Spiritual Geography"", ""The Cloister Walk"" and ""Amazing Grace - A Vocabulary of Faith"". The book also includes a selection of her new work that continues her celebration of the sacredness of life.

Kathleen Norris's books of poetry include The Middle of the World, Little Girls in Church, and The Astronomy of Love. In addition to her best-selling memoirs (all listed as New York Times Notable Books), her most recent prose works include Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, and "Women's Work," The Virgin of Bennington (a memoir) and a children's book on Sts. Benedict and Scholastica (in collaboration with the artist Tomie de Paola) are forthcoming. Her honors include grants from the Echoing Green Foundation, the Bush Foundation, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in South Dakota and Honolulu, Hawaii.