Here is a video interview with Ted Kerasote the author of Merle's Door
I have been a prodigious reader my entire life reading hundreds of books and own quite an extensive library.
Perhaps its this time in my life, but for whatever reason Merle's Door is one of the best books I have read.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=35C5I2_AJO0#at=126