This is a masterpiece! A masterfully woven poetic cloth of such fine and raw silk. Each character, each visual landscape comes so alive out of phrases and paragraphs, that I am transported through time and space to a city that is both before my time and yet timeless as I know and love it with people that I love, fear, admire and abhor ... I didn’t want to put down the book to sleep each night, so concerned for the characters, hooked, intrigued and captivated. Mesmerized? Spellbound by the story of the New York City that raised me. And all throughout the invisible magic of the city, of spirit, of mind, of multidimensional life itself, is named and witnessed, evoking the spirits and ancestors who guided and kept me safe on my journey there. Julie Winter has transported, truly danced me home, linking these stories with my own. I am grateful for this dance.