Life With A Hole In It: That's How The Light Gets In

[vickiwoodyard]

Life With A Hole In It has 21 5-star reviews on amazon.com. I lost my only daughter to cancer when she was 7 and my husband to cancer when he was 63. This book makes you laugh and cry. Here is what one reviewer said:

"I received Vicki's exquisite book just the other day. In this book Vicki shares her heart rending and wisdom -permeated stories. By the time I got to page 14 I was in tears from the story of her daughter and the reason she `still write(s)'. This is a deeply moving account of personal tragedy (primarily in the form of cancer that took the life of her young daughter and, then, husband) and how Vicki deeply accepted and transmuted that pain into the wisdom revealed in this easy to read, simple and humbly profound account. The book didn't leave my hands until I had read this entire offering of her heart and soul. Thank you, Dear Vicki, for a most generous contribution to the practice and feel of `letting It have you'."

"I read Vicki's book a couple of days ago - and I'm still thinking about it. It's the sort of book that will stay with this reader for a long time. Vicki writes from the naked, beating heart of it all - and her honesty, fierce intelligence and humour combine with an absolute refusal to paper over the cracks. Life's fullness - it's harshness, its tenderness, its raw vibrancy - all are here. And resolutely embraced, even when it hurt. If you want to know what a warrior spirit is like, meet one in these pages. Highly recommended.

I even think Leonard Cohen would like it. It's available on amazon.com.