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When women were birds: fifty-four variations on voice

By Terry Tempest Williams

Book information

Publisher
Straus and Giroux, Picador;Farrar
Year
2013
ISBN
978-1-4299-4282-9, 1429942827
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
394 kB (403892 bytes)
Edition
First Picador edition
Pages
228\0
Time added
2019-09-24 23:49:37
Terry Tempest;Naturalists;United States;Biography;Williams

Description

In fifty-four chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams (beloved author of "Refuge") creates a lyrical and caring meditation of the mystery of her mother's journals . and what it means to have a voice beyond a selfless existence informed by children and a husband. Abstract: In fifty-four short chapters, the author recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own Mormon faith, and contemplates the notion of absence in art and in our world. She deals with the question: What does it mean to have a voice?  Read more...

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