The experience of this book is monumental in every way. Pauline's incredible strength and perservance in facing her grief head-on and her ability to so completely transform her pain into beauty is truly awesome.In reading this book, I had to come to terms with my own grief over the loss of my twin babies, in addition to the more incidental losses in my life. I felt this grief in my body, That Pauline could communicate her pain in such a real manifestation is staggering. In writing this book Pauline has put the ladder in the well so that we can all climb up through the darkness of grief and be healed. The hearts of those who read this book cannot help but be filled by the love Pauline has filled her own heart with. This is how our collective healing can truly begin and Pauline is the ladder.