The website of award-winning author Debra B. Darvick offers book excerpts, reviews, booking information and more. The 52 true-life stories in "This Jewish Life" encompass an entire year of holidays and life cycle events. Drawing from all paths and practices of Jewish life, Ms. Darvick's book is a gentle primer on Jewish ritual, a moving portrait of contemporary Judaism and, as reviewed by Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin, " A must read for anyone intersted in Jewish spirituality."