{"product_id":"grace-notes-9780874807875","title":"Grace Notes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ever since I was 10 years old  Id felt myself yearning to go astray. For me  that didnt mean drinking and cavorting with boys; it meant being myself without fear.\"from the book 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 shes always known? What does a woman  already married for thirteen years by her early thirties  do when she realizes she has been \"lying for years?\" How does one sing  with grace  from the heart? In the spirit of Mary Catherine Batesons Composing a Life and Kathleen Norriss Cloister Walk  Heidi Harts luminous memoir retraces her search for an opening to her hearts path. She finds that the religious life of her Latter-day Saint familywhich includes a revered General Authorityrobs her of her voice and her spirit. When she discovers Catharine  a mute  Quaker ancestor  Hart begins a vital journeya journey blessed by her devout and devoted husband; a journey that leads her as she studies Zuni mythology  Jewish tradition  Benedictine monastic ritual  Emily Dickinson  and Saint Hildegard of Bingena journey that leads her to a place that feels like home: the company of Friends  the Quaker community of Salt Lake City. With grace and lyricism  Hart shares the private  personal wisdom she has earned in her community of friends  a community that embraces silences and dissonance  a place where she cant keep from singing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67922283233333,"sku":"ByrdShop_0874807875","price":100.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780874807875.jpg?v=1794073045","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/grace-notes-9780874807875","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}