When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Book - 2012
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.
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Publisher:
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2012
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9780374288976
0374288976
0374288976
Characteristics:
208 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
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quagga
Sep 08, 2013
My Mother's Journals are theatrical. [...] My Mother's Journals are a transgression. My Mother's Journals are a scandal of white. My Mother's Journals are a "harmony of silence.
quagga
Sep 08, 2013
Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.
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Add a CommentWilliams' haunting memoir exploring voice, silence, and relationship written across 54 essays. Her prose is poetic and evocative as she moves elegantly across a range of topics and through time and space; sometimes poignant, sometimes shocking, but always insightful and rich.
Terry Tempest Williams is a beautiful writer. I love her style of writing.
I can't think of an author with more heart evident on the page than Terry Tempest Williams. Beautiful prose, as expected.