I had not heard of the book or author and do not feel enriched by the encounter with either. This short book had its promising moments. The introduction of its central character, the disaffected 92 year old shipped off to an institution by her uncaring family, seemed to send the story in a promising direction of exploring the thoughts and plight of the abandoned woman but this never transpired. The support and imaginative take on situations of her best friend was at times engaging but failed to keep this reader’s interest once the book launched itself headlong into a world of cavorting nuns, the holy grail, knights templar and breeding wolves.

I felt lost and disappointed to have invested effort in reading the book and was grateful that it was mercifully short. I have not read a storybook with pictures for about thirty years but even that did not help me to appreciate this work. This is not a classic that I will be rereading.

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