In the Envelope of Memory

There is a river of metaphor running in the unconscious mind of each of us that holds all the insight into our life's meaning we will ever need. This collection of slightly fictionalized vignettes, these clippings stored in the envelope of Ilana Haley's memory, is this river flowing within Ilana. And it is the significance of this that lends this book so much energy, so much punch when we read through these pages of her life. Each character in this book actually existed, in some form or other, and yet they are all ushered into Ilana's thoughts for the purpose of her seeing things about herself. And we can feel the immediacy, the relevance of this unconsciously driven process when pouring over the pages of this book. It distinctly feels like overhearing some very personal conversation; it is at once thought provoking and almost too personal. Almost, but quite, because we do not turn away, do we? We actually get more comfortable and settle in for the whole...