A wondrous pearl of a book. I first read this as a child, or maybe a young teenager, and it left a definite impression on me. I have re-read it several times – though it’s been years since I read it last, and I was delighted to rediscover it. It is spiritual, but not boxed in to a certain religion. There is so much of it that seems to just breathe truth, and reading it is like being caught up in a philosophical whirlwind, it leaves you a little dazed. There is so much in it that resonates with me, the insides and outsides and mirror worlds and the night time stretching you out, and the ending makes me cry every time. The story is told like a perfect circle.