David Whyte looks at the great questions of human life through the eyes of the pilgrim: someone passing through relatively quickly; someone dependent on friendship, hospitality and help from friends and strangers alike, someone for whom the nature of the destination changes step by stp as it approaches and someone who is subject to the vagaries of wind and weather along the way. The themes of departure, shelter, companionship, deep friendship and the necessary transformations of friendship, the struggles at crucial thresholds and the arrivals that always become further departures are explored and celebrated through a resonant accompanying voice, encouraging, reciting, explaining and offering real companionship along the way.