Isobel De Gruchy 
Between Heaven and Earth 
Poems, Prayers, Pictures

Between these covers, in the form of poems and prayers, is condensed the insight and spirituality of a life lived fully in South Africa, a country first in struggle and then in transition. They are wide-ranging in their style and subject matter-from free-verse to traditional forms, from heartfelt prayers to light-hearted poems, from poems on nature to poems that ask deep spiritual questions, from poems and prayers written when all is light and full of joy, to those that take one into the depths of loss and grief. In short, they will take you between heaven and earth. They are interspersed with whimsical drawings that enhance the experience.

About the author

Isobel de Gruchy is a former mathematics teacher, the wife of a theology professor, and the mother of three children. She is a poet, an artist, and the author of meditations and poems on the writings of Julian of Norwich. She has composed worship liturgies and prayers. She has spent her life trying to understand the scriptures and listening to what they are saying. With her husband, John, she lives on Volmoed, a Christian retreat and conference center in Hermanus, South Africa.