"Leslie Marmon Silko writes in the language of the spirit . . .
sentence by sentence, the reader is given an enormous amount of useful
information about how to get the most out of life, beginning in the
present moment." --The Los Angeles Times
Profound reflections on family and the natural world-from the legendary
Native American author
With the publication of Ceremony in 1978, Leslie Marmon Silko
established herself as a storyteller of unique power and brilliance. In
The Tuquoise Ledge, her first work of nonfiction, Silko combines
memoir with family history and observations on the creatures and desert
landscapes that command her attention and inform her vision of the
world. Ambitious in scope and full of wonderfully plainspoken and
evocative lyricism, The Turquoise Ledge is both an exploration of
Silko's experience and a moving and deeply personal contemplation of the
enormous spiritual power of the natural world.