Description: Confined to a wheelchair since a 1986 accident, Dubus has known--and candidly depicts in this collection of 25 luminous essays--despair, acceptance, and the healing power of faith.
Review Quotes: "A rich account of the daily torments and triumphs of a human soul . . . [by] one of our most gifted writers." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Sublime . . . . To read these essays is to know what a blessing life can be, and how hard, on legs or on wheels." --St. Petersburg Times "Dubus's prose is lathed to perfection. . . . [His] essays are every bit as dramatic, captivating, and full of mystery as his fiction." --The Boston Globe