But, as Clark so well knows, the one who experiences grace through a caring partner s deep acceptance recognizes that genital performance is not the name of the game. Such sexual prowess is not love s criterion of a person s worth. And the one who knows this can be a far better lover. I found this a book about the relationality of all life . Love itself is a relationship, not just a feeling or an encounter.
Love is a relationship that needs webs of friendships and supportive neighborhoods.
Love seeks to know and respond to its appropriate place in the larger ecosystem of this fragile planet. Clark writes with a consciousness that is feminist-informed, ecological in its grasp, and shaped by a deeply immanental, relational spirituality. I found here a confessional book. Nor is it confessional in the sense of a particular religious doctrinal orientation. Rather, it is confessional in its stance about truth.