EAN 9780374288976

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice The author'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. " In fifty-four chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, the author creates a lyrical and soaring mediation on the mystery of her mother's journals.