{"product_id":"recent-studies-indicate-sarah-bird-9781477318683","title":"Recent Studies Indicate: The Best of Sarah Bird","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Sarah Bird arrived in Austin in 1973 in pursuit of a boyfriend who was \"hotter than lava,\" she found an abundance of inspiration for storytelling (her sweetheart left her for Scientology, but she got to taste a morsel of Lynda Bird Johnson's poorly preserved wedding cake as a temp worker at the LBJ Library). Sarah Bird went on to write ten acclaimed novels and contribute hundreds of articles to publications coast to coast, developing a signature voice that combines laser-sharp insight with irreverent, wickedly funny prose in the tradition of Molly Ivins and Nora Ephron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow collecting forty of Bird's best nonfiction pieces, from publications that range from \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and others, \u003ci\u003eRecent Studies Indicate\u003c\/i\u003e presents some of Bird's earliest work, including a prescient 1976 profile of a transgender woman, along with recent calls to political action, such as her 2017 speech at a benefit for Annie's List.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether Bird is hanging out with socialites and sanitation workers or paying homage to her army-nurse mom, her collection brings a poignant perspective to the experience of being a woman, a feminist, a mother, and a Texan--and a writer with countless, spectacular true tales to tell us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Bird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477318682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477318683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2019","brand":"Sarah Bird","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935566725375,"sku":"9781477318683","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4e1f144b-2e6f-42c2-adb2-ee6dc4db3cfc.jpg?v=1681420549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/recent-studies-indicate-sarah-bird-9781477318683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}