Devotion: A Memoir

The view from the top of life’s hill can be expansive yet daunting. While we can see where we came from, we also see the other side of the slope and it’s all downhill from here.

Dani Shapiro stands at the top of the hill with a lot on her mind. Has she been a good enough wife, daughter and mother? Is she Jewish enough? Has she practiced enough yoga? She is less interested in “Why are we here?” than in “What does it all mean for me?”

These aren’t the small questions, obviously, but they’re questions that we all face whether we confront them openly or hide from them. Shapiro decides to face them head-on as she adjusts to the view from the “afternoon” of her life in her memoir Devotion: A Memoir .