Grace Notes - Hardcover

Hart, Heidi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874807875 ISBN 13: 9780874807875

Verlag: University of Utah Press,U.S., 2004

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Book by Hart Heidi

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"Hart's search to find her own voice, to 'word [her] way back to [her] body, ' is so deeply and so elegantly rendered that it serves as both instruction and gift for the reader." "Like other great memoirs of our age such as Maya Angelou s "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Terry Tempest Williams's "Refuge," and Judy Blunt's "Breaking Clean," this is the story of a woman's journey toward personal strength, independence, and authenticity. Hart's search to find her own voice, to 'word [her] way back to her body, ' is so deeply and elegantly rendered that it serves as both instruction and gift for the reader." Teresa Jordan, author of "Riding the White Horse Home: A Western Family Album"" "This book is the essaying of a personal journey toward being able to breathe, to not be owned or censured by one s fear and timidity...subtle, as well as dramatic." Phyllis Barber, author of "How I Got Cultured: A Nevada Memoir"" "Heidi Hart explores women s interior landscapes of marriage and religion. Like Anne LaMott, Hart unmasks her own cultural demons....Exposing the taboo realities of physical and mental illness, disbelief, and meanness, Hart negotiates with family, community, God, and self to create that most frightening and precious thing her own imperfect life." Linda Sillitoe, coauthor of "Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery"" "The human voice, lifted in song and poetry, runs through this deeply engaging memoir in startling leitmotif. From the bright cascade of her mother's trained voice to the echoing harmonies of friendship, revelation, history, and insight to (at last) the author's own freed, lyrical speech: we find ourselves reading as the angels must read in wonder at what is most strange, filled with longing, and fiercely passionate in the human heart." Carol Muske-Dukes, author of "Sparrow"" "This memoir stands above the rest by reason of its unexpected virtues its winding path and rejection of easy conclusion....her writing has candor and charm and should engage the hearts and minds of many readers. Highly recommended." "Library Journal"" "Heidi Hart explores women's interior landscapes of marriage and religion. Like Anne LaMott, Hart unmasks her own cultural demons....Exposing the taboo realities of physical and mental illness, disbelief, and meanness, Hart negotiates with family, community, God, and self to create that most frightening and precious thing--her own imperfect life."--Linda Sillitoe, coauthor of "Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery"

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What happens when a trained singer who grew up in a "house of vowels" finds that her voice is not her own? What happens when a woman loses the Mormon faith of her childhood and abandons the rituals she's always known? What does a woman, already married for thirteen years by her early thirties, do when she realizes she's been "lying for years"? How does a woman sing, with grace, from the heart?
In the spirit of Mary Catherine Bateson's Composing a Life and Kathleen Norris's Cloister Walk, Heidi Hart's memoir traces her search for an opening to her heart's path. She finds that the religious life of her Latter-day Saint family - which includes a revered General Authority - robs her of her voice and her spirit. When she discovers Catharine, a mute Quaker ancestor, Hart begins a vital journey - a journey blessed by her devout and devoted husband; a journey that leads her to study Zuni mythology, Jewish tradition, Benedictine monastic ritual, Emily Dickinson, and Saint Hildegard of Bingen - a journey that leads her, finally, to a place that feels like home: the company of Friends, the Quaker community of Salt Lake City.

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• Verlag: University of Utah Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0874807875
• ISBN 13: 9780874807875
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238