ever whistle at night

Beginning with her birth in a volcanic eruption

the poems gathered here illuminate the human condition

Grandma's garden was not just any garden

this book offers an integral perspective on how culture and religion

These Precious Days plays ever whistle at night"Any story that starts will also end." As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These Precious Days is the title essay, a surprising and moving meditation on an unexpected friendship that explores "what it means to be seen, to find someone