The Other Hand

(Paperback, 2nd New edition)

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From Chapter 1

November 17, 1989

Dear Cardinal Lustiger, Your Eminence:

My name is Daniella Stonebrook Blue. I am-or was-by profession an

astronomer. We are strangers to each other. Your name was given to me by a

woman on a bus as we were traveling across New Mexico. Because of her

insistence, I am writing to you about this dark period of my life. I need to speak

to you about the matter of light.

Light is the alphabet of God. I knew this when I was born and then I forgot.

This is the first time I have understood it as an adult woman. Even as I prepared

to write these words, I didnt know what they implied until they appeared on

the page.

Author Bio

Deena Metzger is a poet, novelist, essayist, storyteller, teacher, healer and medicine woman who has taught and counseled for over forty years. She is the author of many books, including most recently, From Grief into Vision: A Council (Hand to Hand, 2007); Doors: A fiction for Jazz Horn (Red Hen Press, 2005); The Other Hand (Red Hen Press, 2000); and Tree: Essays and Pieces (North Atlantic Books, 1997).