In this collection of essays, Margaret Thompson knocks on doors, both spiritual and secular, in Greece, Italy, France, and Canada. The result is a travel memoir of the mind and body that takes the reader to places they can identify with. Intelligently and lucidly written in evocative language, these essays ruminate upon the place of the individual in society, moral duty, truth and the media, and our connection to others.

Margaret Thompson's first collection of short stories, Hide and Seek, was published in 1996, and in 2000, she won a BC2000 Book Award for her second book, an historical novel for young adults, Eyewitness. She has published stories, poems, and essays in literary magazines and anthologies, as well as a chapter book called Fox Winter and a collection of travel essays, Knocking on the Moonlit Door. A past president of the Federation of BC Writers, Margaret sits on the editorial board of the Federation’s quarterly journal, WordWorks. Born in england and educated at London University, Exeter University, and San Diego State University, Margaret has taught in the BC towns of Merritt, Madeira Park, Sechelt, and Fort St. James. She now lives in Victoria, BC, where she is able to pursue one of her favourite occupations, birdwatching.

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