{"product_id":"songs-of-the-fluteplayer-sharman-apt-russell-9781504079358","title":"Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest","description":"\u003cb\u003eFilled with \"honest\" writing and \"wise\" observations, \"Russell's well-written essays describe her life as an urban immigrant to the rural Southwest\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1981, newlywed Sharman Apt Russell moved with her husband to an agricultural valley in southwestern New Mexico, hoping to create a simpler life. From building their adobe house to the home-birth of their firstborn to growing their own food and navigating the seasonal flooding of the Mimbres River, these luminous essays chart Sharman's journey toward self-sufficiency in a land as mythical and remote as the image of the prehistoric fluteplayer found on the pottery in trading posts throughout the Southwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Replete with wisdom and a reverence for the Native American people whose relics Sharman discovers everywhere on the land around her, this award-winning memoir pays tribute to the power and grace of nature, our deep connection to our prehistoric past, and the beauty of living in communion with the land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A fine contribution to the literature of the modern American Southwest . . . [Russell] achieves just the right mix of fact and metaphor, humor and poetics.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"These essays say much about the difficulty of maintaining an alternate lifestyle.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A lovely little book. To be kept and read and read again.\" --Tony Hillerman, bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharman Apt Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1504079353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504079358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.34d","brand":"Sharman Apt Russell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075726536959,"sku":"9781504079358","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67b80ba4-429a-401d-9e19-923bd543138e.jpg?v=1685461077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/songs-of-the-fluteplayer-sharman-apt-russell-9781504079358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}