“All That Matters is an open door to a remarkable woman’s heart and an invitation to look behind doors that likely stand ajar on our own. Author Jean Anderson offers a poetic collection of wisdoms on living kindly and being one with the world. Her observations include a tympani player listening to the inner sounds of a tree, her father’s miracle recovery from pain, and a sky surprisingly awash in migrating monarch butterflies. Honest, photographic in detail, and always striving to share what is good about being alive, All That Matters is a tender achievement in writing and in life.”

— Kathleen Novak, author of Steel and other literary novels