{"product_id":"when-women-were-birds-terry-tempest-williams-9781250024114","title":"When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant, meditative, and full of surprises, wisdom, and wonder.\"--Ann Lamott, author of \u003ci\u003eImperfect Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone.\" This is what Terry Tempest Williams's mother, the matriarch of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah, told her a week before she died. It was a shock to Williams to discover that her mother had kept journals. But not as much of a shock as it was to discover that the three shelves of journals were all blank. In fifty-four short chapters, Williams recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own faith, and contemplates the notion of absence and presence art and in our world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Women Were Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is a carefully crafted kaleidoscope that keeps turning around the question: What does it mean to have a voice?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Tempest Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250024110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250024114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.01h x 4.72w x 0.65d","brand":"Terry Tempest Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053268431103,"sku":"9781250024114","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8bd111b-3ca4-4632-8dd5-89f5cf6f5c43.jpg?v=1685023388","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-women-were-birds-terry-tempest-williams-9781250024114","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}