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- Number of Pages: 320
- ISBN: 0375420789
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111816964
- Release Date: October 7, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #191398 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #1541 in Nature Books (See Top 100 Nature Books Bestsellers)
- #76 in Animals (See Top 100 Animals Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Terry Tempest Williams (Author...Run a Quick Search on "Finding Beauty in a Broken World" by Terry Tempest Williams to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Finding Beauty in a Broken World"Browse more products related to "Terry Tempest Williams"Review"Williams has constructed a beautiful mosaic of loss and renewal that affirms, with striking lucidity, the need for reverence for all life." Publisher's noteThe naturalist author of Refuge and An Unspoken Hunger reflects on what it means to be human, the interconnection between the natural and human worlds, and how they combine to produce both tumult and peace, ugliness and beauty. 30,000 first printing. AnnotationTerry Tempest Williams seeks the connection between devastation and redemption, as she struggles to find a metaphor to help her mourn her brother's death with benevolence. Williams begins in Ravenna, Italy, where she studies the craft of mosaics and learns to appreciate the intricate wisdom of assemblage, wherein many separate parts, each having its own artistic jurisdiction, are combined to form a more magnificent whole. Back home in Utah, Williams finds a similar pattern of conjunction in the systematic chasms and the linguistic chattering of a group of endangered prairie dogs. Finally, she travels to Rwanda, site of some of the most abhorrent human depravity in recent memory, where she helps a group of survivors construct a memorial from the bones of victims. Williams's form reflects her content, as this mesmerizing mosaic of language and emotions converges into a fractured portrait which maps a possible path to salvation. In this thoughtful work, naturalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams, known for an unconventional blend of natural history and memoir, explores the intersection of natural and manmade worlds. In FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD, she draws from the spiritual and healing powers of art, specifically mosaics, as she chronicles vastly different types of devastation--from prairie dog extinction to the genocide in Rwanda--with an unflinching eye but a unifying, hopeful message. If You Enjoy "Finding Beauty in a Broken World (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:
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