The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir

by Leslie Marmon Silko

Book Overview

A highly original and poetic self-portrait from one of America's most acclaimed writers. Leslie Marmon Silko's new book, her first in ten years, combines memoir with family history and reflections on the creatures and beings that command her attention and inform her vision of the world, taking readers along on her daily walks through the arroyos and ledges of the Sonoran desert in Arizona. Silko weaves tales from her family's past into her observations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067002211X
• ISBN13: 9780670022113
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher