~ Publisher's Description ~

“Silvie's Life is a tender and beautifully written book. I stayed up all night reading it, absolutely mesmerized, in awe of Silvie's parents and of Silvie herself. I couldn't put it down.”

~ Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

“This story is so beautifully told and exquisitely woven with subtlety and suspense that it's almost impossible to put down. Thanks to the poetic, gripping, and unexpectedly uplifting narrative by writer Marianne Rogoff, Silvie's Life is a rare gem that glimmers in the eye and ear long after it ends.”

~ Patricia Holt, San Francisco Chronicle

“Silvie’s Life is a true gift to the reader… an outstanding book.”

~ Elaine Petrocelli, Book Passage

“Big stuff, the stuff that takes us to the cemeteries outside of Tibet to initiate us. Stuff that brings us to know suffering and what brings us back around to sublimity.”

~ Susan Englebry, Commonweal Gardens

“Lucid, honest, full of poetry, humanity, wisdom.”

 ~ Alicia Ostriker, Poet and Scholar, Rutgers University

“A little jewel.”

 ~ Joanne Kyger, Poet and Scholar, Naropa Institute