Lisa Halasz's compressed kaleidoscopes of narrative leave you fervently believing that there'd be no other way to convey the depth of emotion, the ardor, the sheer seismic drama of her experiences caring for her furred and feathered urban menagerie. Her tales are so diverting and eventful that only at the end do we realize Halasz has taken us on a profound spiritual journey through the terrains of faith, separation, and even death . . . Jamie Bernstein