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When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Terry Tempest Williams
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Description for When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Paperback. 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? Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 117 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
"I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone." This is what Terry Tempest Williams' mother, the matriarch of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah, told her a week before she died. It was a shock to Williams to discover that her mother had kept journals. But not as much of a shock to discover that the three shelves of journals were all blank. In fifty-four short chapters, Williams recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own Mormon faith, and contemplates the notion of absence in art ... Read more
"I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone." This is what Terry Tempest Williams' mother, the matriarch of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah, told her a week before she died. It was a shock to Williams to discover that her mother had kept journals. But not as much of a shock to discover that the three shelves of journals were all blank. In fifty-four short chapters, Williams recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own Mormon faith, and contemplates the notion of absence in art ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Picador USA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781250024114
SKU
V9781250024114
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Reviews for When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
"This poetic memoir continues the work Williams began in Refuge....Williams explores her mother's identity - woman, wife, mother, and Mormon - as she continues to honour her memory....A lyrical and elliptical meditation on women, nature, family, and history." (The Boston Globe)"