Enjoyed the idea of the Grandmother Spirit in this book. I had read previously that while the archetype of masculine hero is in search of his father (think Ulysses, Theseus, Jesus even), the woman finds the pinnacle of her life's expression in her later years when she becomes the wisdom-filled crone. That the protagonist here goes off in search of the grandmother, I think, is appropriate in a book about a woman's search for identity. I did not find the writing as enjoyable as in Walker's other books and poems, but I enjoyed the themes present here.