When women were birds
Subtitle: fifty-four meditations on voice
By: Terry Tempest Williams
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780374288976
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Naturalists; Psychology; Biography; Women naturalists
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.