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A Book of Silence
by Sara Maitland
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After a busy life as a feminist, writer, and mother, Sara Maitland discovers an unexpected attraction to silence. Curious about whether solitude can nourish rather than diminish a person, she seeks it in the Sinai desert, on Skye, and among the Scottish hills. Her personal journey opens into stories of hermits, religious traditions, artistic creation, and the cultural suspicion surrounding people who choose to be alone. This is an exploratory memoir rather than a meditation manual, candid about silence’s unsettling aspects as well as its pleasures. Reflective and spacious, it asks what becomes audible when ordinary noise falls away. ([penguinrandomhouse.com](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/674695/a-book-of-silence-by-sara-maitland/?utm_source=openai))
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