A Book of Silence

A personal and cultural exploration of silence and its value in our lives¿"[an] artful book, mixing autobiography, travel writing, meditation, and essay" (Independent, UK).



In her late forties, after a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland found herself living alone in the country and, to her surprise, falling in love with silence. In this fascinating, intelligent, and beautifully written book, Maitland describes how she began to ...