If wholeness is our goal, then forgiveness is our work, for this is the work of repairing, of making minds and souls one again. In Forgiveness: Stories of the Power of Letting Go, the greatest writers describe the difficult tasks of asking--and offering--forgiveness, and its ultimate rewards--healed wounds, renewed bonds, peaceful hearts. With insight, compassion and empathy, writers such as Raymond Carver, Jane Austen, Bobbie Ann Mason, William Styron, Georges Bernanos, and Russell Banks help show the way through one of the hardest and most necessary challenges of the well-lived life.