Shelter is a true story about the experiences and changes of a woman who, as a child, was abandoned by both parents. Through her poetry and prose, it tells how, later in life, working to help homeless animals helps bring to surface her own hidden pain from long ago. It reveals how the denials of our heart appear to shield us from hurt but, in reality, rob us of our full potential to find love and joy first from within, then spreading out into our own lives and those around us.