About this title: As Utah-born naturalist Terry Tempest Williams records the simultaneous tragedies of her mother's death of cancer and the flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, she creates a document of renewal and spiritual grace destined to become a classic in the literature of nature, women, and grieving.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679740247ISBN:0679740244
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679740247ISBN:0679740244
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1992-09-01
ISBN-13:9780679740247ISBN:0679740244
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"Brief summary: Williams alternates between describing the bird refuge near Utah's rising Salt Lake with her mother's slow death.
Thoughts: Too often, nature and wildlife are neglected in literature, but my knowledge of birds is lacking, so many times I didn't really know what birds Williams was talking about. That made about half the book hard to imagine. I did like how Williams didn't make the obvious Mormon jokes and instead showed a real family (the focus wasn't on "hey, we're Mormon;" the focus was more "this is my story, which happens to includes characters who are Mormon"). I wasn't really sure how to interpret some of her unorthodoxy though. Still, the strength of her reflections inspired me."
"I return to this book over and over again and never regret teaching it in class over and over again. Her writing style never fails to touch me and I cry every time I read this book. What made it more poignant this time around was the recent death of aunt due to cancer. Some of the conversations she had with her mother reminded me of what my aunt said before she died. Every time I read this book I am forced to look at the world through a different set of eyes. What lessons am I being offered by what surrounds me? What is my role in this place and in this time?"
"This book was influential. It was instrumental in my attitude that the US government is not for the protection of the people, but a country in the quest for power. My mom gave this to me as a gift. Perhaps that is one reason why I cherish it so much. It is a story of tragedy and celebration, as it encounters the reader with rampant cancer because of nuclear testing, and the impact on the environment by gross decisions.
This book is one of the better books written that hit me so close to home. The author is from Northern Utah and the victims are my neighbors."
"(Genre:Non-fiction/memoir) This book chronicles the rise of the Great Salt Lake in Utah's West desert in the 1980's and the destruction of the wetlands and bird refuge located on the shores of this lake. Along side this running story is the author's account of the life changing events that she was experiencing at the same time--the loss of her mother to cancer. It is well written and very insightful in places about life and the process of dying. I particularly appreciated the feelings of the author's mother who wanted to focus on the time left to her rather than focus on the forthcoming death. A quote from page 68: "Why couldn't I have respected her belief that the outcome mattered less than the gift of each day. We had wanted everything back to its original shape. We wanted a cure for Mother for ourselves, so we could get on with our lives. What we had forgotten was that she was living hers." Very thought provoking. The author's knowledge of birds was very impressive and I found that interesting, even though I am by no means a bird watcher. I loved the historical aspect of the Great Salt Lake's rising because I can remember watching the news during that time. And I am right behind her in wanting Utah to protect it's wilderness from exploitation by people wanting to turn us into a garbage dump. Our short-sidedness is discouraging. However, there were a few spots throughout the story that didn't appeal to me, so I couldn't give it the 4 or 5 star rating that her writing might have inspired otherwise. I can't really fault the author for what she feels or thinks because this is HER story and her writing can be very moving. But I did disagree (at least partially) with some of her perceptions/conclusions and that made it a 3 star read for me."
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