This book was very helpful in preparing me for the life cycle events in the jewish faith. I am a conversion student and needed a book that could assist me in the overview and depth of understanding of the high holy days, etc.

Though "A Book of Life" promises a new approach to invest the spiritual into routine Judaism, it ends up being just another "Intro to Judaism" book. The opening chapters on daily prayer routines are good, but later chapters on life cycles and holidays have been done better by others (including Strassfeld himself in an earlier book on the holidays).