{"product_id":"9781429942829","title":"When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe beloved author of \u003ci\u003eRefuge\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebrates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTerry Tempest Williams's mother told her: \"I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of Williams's iconic and unconventional memoir, \u003ci\u003eRefuge\u003c\/i\u003e, well remember that mother. She was one of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah who developed cancer as a result of the nuclear testing in nearby Nevada. It was a shock to Williams to discover that her mother had kept journals. But not as much of a shock as what she found when the time came to read them.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"They were exactly where she said they would be: three shelves of beautiful cloth-bound books . . . I opened the first journal. It was empty. I opened the second journal. It was empty. I opened the third. It too was empty . . . Shelf after shelf after shelf, all of my mother's journals were blank.\" What did Williams's mother mean by that? In fifty-four chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams creates a lyrical and caring meditation of the mystery of her mother's journals. \u003ci\u003eWhen Women Were Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscope that keeps turning around the question \"What does it mean to have a voice?\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141778587888,"sku":"9781429942829","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429942829_p0.jpg?v=1763748798","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429942829","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}