Soul Retrieval

Poet Mary Dixon yearns for meaning and understanding in  Soul Retrieval , a gritty, lyrical reimagining of Kahlil Gibran's soul-searching masterpiece,  The Prophet . Soul Retrieval  begins in present-day, with the chapter "The Coming of the Ship". Mary is riding a train in France. She is a visitor, traveling alone. She doesn't speak the language and can't find her seat. A conductor offers her a spot to sit in between railcars. As the French landscape rolls by, she pulls out a copy