{"product_id":"the-precarious-walk-phyllis-barber-9781948814591","title":"The Precarious Walk: Essays from Sand and Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2022 Association of Mormon Letters Awards Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\"Probing...thoughtful meditations on the needs of the soul.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn wide-ranging personal essays at the crossroads of place and perspective, Phyllis Barber challenges and celebrates her Great Basin roots.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a backwoods church in Arkansas to the disappeared town of St. Thomas, buried beneath the waters of Lake Mead, award-winning essayist Phyllis Barber travels roads both internal and external, reflecting upon place and perspective, ambition and loss in \u003ci\u003eThe Precarious Walk\u003c\/i\u003e. As a child growing up in the Mojave Desert, she witnesses the massive power of the Hoover Dam and a fiery rip in the sky from the Nevada Test Site. As an adult, Barber searches for meaning through music, movement, and human connection, examining her Mormon upbringing, the profound ways people and landscape impact one another, and the sudden loss of her first child with open-ended honesty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarber's distinctly feminine voice expands upon the literature of the West alongside Ellen Meloy and Terry Tempest Williams, with seeking and questioning at the heart of this deeply felt collection. In the spirit of Flannery O'Connor and David James Duncan, Barber adds a deeply generous and--true to her high-desert roots--down-to-earth voice to the illumination of human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phyllis Barber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948814595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948814591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Torrey House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.87h x 5.12w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2022","brand":"Phyllis Barber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945010004223,"sku":"9781948814591","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_514d9a10-3f5c-4401-b4c2-135e06f88126.jpg?v=1681506255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-precarious-walk-phyllis-barber-9781948814591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}