It is unusual to access a child's mind during the magic years of childhood. It's rarer when the child is facing her death. Liza, an ardent child with a deep love of cows and the color purple, was diagnosed with leukemia at age four and died two years later in 1996. Liza was an unusually expressive child and her parents, both child psychiatrists, were uniquely oriented to appreciate the richness of a child's mind. At its center, this book is the story of a child striving to understand her cancer battle, and of a small family coping with some of life's biggest challenges. Through the process, the family emerges transformed, awed by the capacities of a child.