 In 1971, Lyman published "Mirror at the End of the Road", derived from letters he wrote during his formative years, starting in 1958 from his initial attempts to learn and become a musician, through the early 1960s as his life widened and deepened musically and personally.The last entries are from 1966 which simply express the profound joys and deepest losses which defined and gave his life direction and meaning in the years ahead.The key to the book and the life he lived afterwards are stated simply in the dedication at the beginning "To Judy who made me live with a broken heart".