“Allen shares his amazing story by locating his personal experience in the midst of a network of relationships that sustain and define his life. He spins a web of love that shows an ability to connect with others that makes it abundantly clear how he was able to muster the strength to make it through his ordeal. He also spins a web in time that moves effortlessly back and forth across the full spectrum of his life experience in a circular rhythm that never makes you feel like you're lost. Instead, you feel like you're being taken for a spin by a great friend across the Southern California landscape he narrates so deftly. The title seems to call our attention to the remarkable contrast between the failure of the physical heart Allen was born with and the success of the spiritual heart that comes through on every page here. Thank you Allen!” John Davis, recording artist (Shrimper Records, Folk Implosion, johnhdavis.com)