This is the sweet story of a woman’s path of happiness that begins when she and her husband leave the city behind and build life anew in the country. Margaret Dulaney tells her story and how her life was transformed not only by their new surroundings but by the people she encountered in this small country town and the animals that she rescued there. One in particular, a mortally injured racehorse named Allie, opens the door to a deeper understanding of life, death, spirituality and purpose. Read More....https://booksuplift.com/the-parables-of-sunlight/

The book starts with Margaret and her husband leaving Manhattan, where they had been living for 18 years, and moving to a 100-acre farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It progresses as different events happen in Margaret’s life, the most prominent among which are the arrival of an abandoned racehorse Allie and the death of her mother.
The book’s title is from the Dylan Thomas poem ‘Poem in October’, where the narrator sees a child walking with his mother through parables of sunlight. Margaret imagines that she walks along with a compassionate teacher/guide all her life, as he lets her set the pace and notices things along with her.
She navigates through many difficult phases of her life. Although she struggles to remain optimistic and make sense of everything, she is empathetic to all living beings. She believes in different religious philosophies and reads many books that guide her spiritually.
I liked Margaret’s thought processes as they resemble some of mine – especially those about death and how to treat animals. The parables or short symbolic stories she uses to illustrate some truths/morals/religious principles are also quite interesting.
It is a profound, beautiful book, and I enjoyed it immensely. However, it might not appeal to everyone.
Note: Thanks to Katie Schnack of Smith Publicity, Inc., for giving me a free ARC of the book via NetGalley. I am leaving a review voluntarily.