<, div>, Transcendence can come in many forms. For Mary Rose O&, #8217, Reilley a year tending sheep seemed a way to seek a spirituality based not on &, #8220, climbing out of the body&, #8221, but rather on existing fully in the world, at least if she could overlook some of its earthier aspects. The Barn at the End of the World follows O&, #8217, Reilley in her sometimes funny, sometimes moving quest. Though small in stature, she learns to &, #8220, flip&, #8221, very large sheep and help them lamb. She also visits a Buddhist monastery in France, where she studies the practice of Mahayana Buddhism, dividing her spare time between meditation and dreaming of French pastries.<, /div>,