Description: After a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Maitland found herself living alone in the country and, to her surprise, falling in love with silence. In this fascinating book, Maitland describes how she set out to explore this new love.
Review Quotes: "As Maitland seeks to both lose and find herself in silence, she articulates a remarkably graceful and penetrating response to that mysterious and essential force." --Booklist (starred review)
"A timely and alluring exploration of the pleasures and powers of silence." --Tim Parks, author of A Season with Verona