When Women Were Birds : Fifty-Four Variations on Voice

from BobVTReader

Part autobiography, part political part religion, etc. The book is non-fiction; however, however it tells the story (journey) of a person who comes to terms with her mother and her grandmother. It also tells about her discoveries about herself and her complex relationship with the Mormon Church, ...

from eachurch

A breath-taking book full of exquisitely beautiful writing about voice and what it means to live authentically. Terry Tempest Williams seamlessly weaves together history, memoir, and nature to produce a rare kind of extraordinary contemplative writing. I read more than one passage out loud to whi...

from bookwren

An exquisite, at times brutally honest, autobiographical account by the author of Refuge. Terry Tempest Williams has given herself and other women strong, compasionate voices, especially in the fields of conservation and feminism. Her language is vivid and mystical (see quotations in Common Knowl...

from meredk

A beautifully written, creative book. I resisted reading it for some reason, maybe because I was afraid it would be new-age-ish, but I'm glad I finally read it. The subject is really how to find one's own way to be self-expressive and creative, and she explores that subject in a most unusual way....

from DetailMuse

In Mormon culture, women are expected to do two things: keep a journal and bear children. Both gestures are a participatory bow to the past and the future. So what did it mean when Williams -- a writer, “in love with words” -- took custody of her mother's 35 journals upon her death ... and found...