Don't Go Back to Sleep: a memoir

DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP is an honest, moving memoir that follows one woman's journey of faith toward personal truth. The story unfolds as the seemingly perfect WASP outer world of privilege - growing up in the 1950s in Manhattan, summers in Maine, nannies, and debutante cotillions - gives way to a series of painful losses, disease, and addictions. Throughout her adult life, Lisa Barstow has worked courageously to come to an understanding of what it means to live a fully conscious life by not going back to sleep.