Praised by The New York Times Book Review for her words, with their quiet, rapt force, their pensiveness and wit, [that] come to us from natural speech, from the Bible and hymns, from which she derived the singular psalmlike music that is hers alone.' And The New Yorker that heralds her method of turning 'simple or frankly unbeautiful things sideways and inviting us to see what they offer us to love' encouraging the reader to leave this book in a 'quiet, exalted, shining mood.''