Migrations to Solitude: The Quest for Privacy in a Crowded World

This book is comprised of thoughtful essays all dealing with the theme of solitude. Solitude is examined from varies perspectives and environments - a hospital inten- sive care unit, a homeless shelter, high-tech spy operations and a Buddhist Monas- tery. I highly recommend this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Migrations to Solitude and I recommend the book for its subject matter, which is the quest for privacy in a crowded world. The book is divided into 12 "profoundly original" essays that have a common thread of a spiritual journey. I felt very much connected to the author while reading the book and I didn't want the book to end. The book was published in 1992 prior to the current invasion of privacy by the present administration. I wonder what Helperin would have written if she knew the invasiveness of Big Brother in our lives today. A quest for Solitude today might be impossible now in our society and all of the places of solitudes are perhaps gone for ever like the Dodo bird.