"Housekeeping" has been my most treasured book for many years now, since I was a young man, and I have read it several times. Each time has been rewarding in different ways.

The word most often used to describe it is "haunting" and it is apt in the way that one can be haunted by memories of a lost friend returning unbidden in our dreams.

For me, the heart of the book is about the human hunger for a sense of belonging and the ways that our lives unfold, intertwine and unravel as we feed that hunger.

Allow yourself time to savour this book.