Blue of Her Body: A Novel [Paperback]

Sara Greenslit (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007

Suffering from depression, a young woman leaves her lover, Kate, and flees the city where they live to take a job at an aviary. There, she learns how to handle birds of prey hawk, kestrel, owl, eagle. Living alone, she dissects the path of her illness and her history with antidepressants. Beauty, wilderness, and danger are intertwined for a woman whose desire is nonetheless identifiably human: All my life I have wanted my hands on a living thing. Artfully building powerful and poetic scene upon scene, The Blue of Her Body creates a memorable portrait of the human heart and its untamable nature, and the wonders of the activity of the human imagination we call love.

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About the Author

Sara Greenslit has an MFA in Poetry from Penn State University. She has received grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and from the Barbara Deming Foundation/Money for Women, and a residency at Soapstone in Nehalem, Oregon. Her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Quarter After Eight, Rio Grande Review, and Salt Hill. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she is a veterinary student at University of Wisconsin. This is her first novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: Starcherone Books; 1st edition (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978881109
• ISBN-13: 978-0978881108
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,469,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful story of humanity and the natural world, October 10, 2008

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Love is not something always between humans. "The Blue of Her Body" tells of Kate, spurned by her lover, turning to bird training to find herself. Her grasp helps her to overcome her failed relationship and encourages her to embrace nature. A powerful story of humanity and the natural world, "The Blue of Her Body" is a riveting piece of literature.