In her perceptive, moving and frequently witty collection of essays on what it is to be human, the acclaimed novelist and playwright Rosemary Friedman signs off an illustrious writing career by looking inward and outward at the world. Commenting Montaigne-like on subjects as vast and complex as truth, beauty, love, war, sex and death, as well as on life's small pleasures - of walks in the park, leisurely baths and memories of her grandmother's cooking - Friedman helps us to know the world and ourselves that little bit better.