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Genre/Form: | Autobiographies Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Terry Tempest Williams; Terry Tempest Williams |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Terry Tempest Williams |
ISBN: | 9781250024114 1250024110 |
OCLC Number: | 794037824 |
Description: | xv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
Contents: | 8 books (xv, 228 p. : ill. ; 19 cm) -- Content list -- Author biography & list of additional resources -- Discussion questions -- Sign-up sheet -- Book kit policy & suggestions for use. |
Responsibility: | Terry Tempest Williams. |
Abstract:
In fifty-four short chapters, the author recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own Mormon faith, and contemplates the notion of absence in art and in our world. She deals with the question: What does it mean to have a voice?
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"This poetic memoir continues the work Williams began in Refuge....Williams explores her mother's identity - woman, wife, mother, and Mormon - as she continues to honour her memory....A lyrical and elliptical meditation on women, nature, family, and history." (The Boston Globe)" Read more...
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