
I had just read part of a book I couldn’t finish because it wasn’t edited. TGOA is such a refreshing book for this amateur proof reader. I really identify with Abby because of (what I have read so far) after I lost Mom and Dad in successive years, I moved halfway across the country. I did it for different reasons but I left a small town behind and moved to a much more metropolitan area.
I love Berkeley, and have spent a little time in the area. One of my dearest friends lived in Alameda.
Anyway this is a bit off thread but I am really enjoying the book. I got it from Book Bundle, I think, and it’s worth much more than I paid for it.

I'm reading The Garden of Abracadabra, and while I didn't lose my parents so young as Abby, I did lose them and that led me to finding out a lot about myself (as Abby is apparently doing). I've done a lot of soul searching and am almost (okay, not ever) near to knowing what I know about myself :-)