112 pages, trade paper, 6 x 9 inches
ISBN: 1-930337-05-1
$18.00; November 2002

Acclaimed storyteller Laura Simms gives us a rich tapestry of tales that unveil the secrets of love in all of its forms. Passionate, riveting, often humorous, these stories of emotional, physical, and spiritual love come from a variety of traditions, including Celtic, Inuit, Persian, Hindu, and Jewish. As meaningful today as when they were first told, her evocative retellings of these tales of the mysteries of the heart lead us to the many  faces and profound requirements of love.

“One can never know what love will look like or what form it will take.  Each of these fourteen stories is a passage to love with its own perils and triumphs, disappointments, and miracles. It is in the power of story to remind us what we have forgotten, what we need to remember to restore our hearts.” —Terry Tempest Williams, author of  Refuge, Leap, and Red

 “The Robe of Love takes us straight to the heart singing, gloriously reminding us in story after story that no matter who we are—unschooled or learned, young or old—we must make the journey, no matter how difficult. And if we do so faithfully, the deepest love of life waits for us with open arms.”—China Galland, author of Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna

"Laura Simms devotes her life to telling stories both wise and intensely engaging. In The Robe of Love she gives us a varied and  subtle collection of stories on the profound instructions of love. Given the nature of the teller and the subject of her writing, what better book can we read at this time, in all times?"—Gioia Timpanelli, author of  Sometimes the Soul and Tales from the Roof of the World