Long quiet highway Waking up in america.

The author of Writing Down the Bones shares her story of self-discovery through Zen Buddhism, in "beautiful and simple prose" ( Library Journal ). In this autobiographical work, Natalie Goldberg takes us on a journey from her suburban childhood to her maturation as a writer. From the high-school classroom where she first listened to the rain, to her fifteen years as a student of Zen Buddhism, Natalie Goldberg's path is by turns illuminating,...