The Barn at the End of the World : The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd

"[O'Reilley] sustains a rapidly wrought pattern of contrasts--life and death, the pastoral and the ruthless--throughout THE BARN AT THE END OF THE WORLD: THE APPRENTICESHIP OF A QUAKER, BUDDHIST SHEPHERD, a quiltlike (to use her analogy) narrative built out of dozens of concise, neatly stitched essays. Each is a teaching story constructed around a paradox and designed to engender contemplation, although many spark dissent. O'Reilley questions everything; why shouldn't her readers.Mary Rose O'Reilley is the author of 'The Barn at the End of the World : The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd', published 2000 under ISBN 9781571312372 and ISBN 1571312374.