Kathleen Norris takes the reader through the liturgical year, enlightening and deepening one's beliefs, giving the reader concrete images with which to work. "Cloister Walk" is a must read that cannot be breezed through. It should be read as a meditative aid and kept on one's bedside table, to be picked up nightly and contemplated thoroughly. For those struggling with their faith in God (and man), Miss Norris provides a spiritual resource and a journey well worth traveling.

This is my favorite book to read when I am searching for who I am and where I am going. Kathleen Norris' words are real, raw, poetic, spiritual, challenging, I could go on and on!

If you were literature major in school and loved poetry this would be the book for you. I kept trying to get back to the story and found the tangents to discuss poetry distracting and confusing.