Bone is the story (chronicled in journal form) of author and analyst Marion Woodman's experience with uterine cancer in 1994. It is both a meditation on illness and a template for transformation, offering the author's deep insights into healing (as opposed to curing ); the role of art and poetry in the soul's journey to balance and wholeness, and an extraordinarily honest, depthful portrait of what Woodman feels led her down the path to cancer, physically and spiritually, over the course of her earlier life. Woodman details the harrowing aspects of her journey and the path by which she ultimately returned to health. Illustrated throughout with art, quotations, and line drawings, Bone is a unique testament to the spirit and to the tremendous courage and insight of an extraordinary woman.