"Christopher de Vinck's first collection of essays, Only the Heart Knows How to Find Them, was praised by the likes of Jim Trelease, Madeleine L'Engle, and Wendell Berry. Library Journal said, "De Vinck has the knack of taking the ordinary occurrences of life and showing how they reveal what is really important."" "In his new collection of essays, de Vinck reflects simply and evocatively on the joys of parenthood and family, the challenges of combining them with a career, on ordinary times and quiet moments, and on the stresses of loneliness, sickness, old age and death." "Taken as a whole, these essays exalt and harmonize the child and the adult in all of us. Songs of Innocence and Experience is an infectious, inspiring work, one that will be treasured for years to come."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved