This beautiful book is hard to rate and review because to do so feels like rating a person's thoughts and insights before death。 The author， Tallu Schuyler Quinn， was a nonprofit leader， minister， and volunteer who founded the Nashville Food Project。 At forty， she was diagnosed with a terminal cancer。 Her writings are profound and sometimes feel disconnected in that they don't follow a linear pattern， but they are infused with the liminal space which she gracefully inhabited。 It was sometimes ha This beautiful book is hard to rate and review because to do so feels like rating a person's thoughts and insights before death。 The author， Tallu Schuyler Quinn， was a nonprofit leader， minister， and volunteer who founded the Nashville Food Project。 At forty， she was diagnosed with a terminal cancer。 Her writings are profound and sometimes feel disconnected in that they don't follow a linear pattern， but they are infused with the liminal space which she gracefully inhabited。 It was sometimes hard to read， and I read it in portions rather than all at once。 One of the best chapters was "Angels in the Architecture" where she writes about different ways of seeing， how as illness took her eyesight she was gifted with sight through meditation， dreams， and prayers。 As well， she saw constant faces and figures in shadows， in tree branches， or along the road， and a more "complete" sight that included hindsight， foresight， and insight。 Passages like this made me feel hopeful。 Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC。 。。。more