In 2011, an unexpected gift provoked Bill Giebler to leave a 20-year career and embark on a solo journey across India in search of transformation. What followed was the dance of hope, dread, excitement, and anxiety that engulfed him throughout a distinctively austere ten-week journey and the deconstruction of roles-father, lover, partner, careerist-that had come to define him. Steeped: My Search for Tea and Transformation in India provides a vicarious trek-part spiritual quest and part travelogue from enchanting Himalayan tea village to scorching Rajasthani desert-through the contemplations that arise when taking such a leap, and the realization that the answers we seek are never so far away.