Violation: Collected Essays

This "groundbreaking . . . career-defining book" from an iconic essayist features thirty years of fearless essays that refuse easy answers—from flies to families, abortion clinics to athletic fields—and proves that truth-telling means diving into ambiguity and finding wonder in what we'd rather ignore (The New Yorker)

Sallie Tisdale is the author of seven books on such varied subjects as medical technology, her pioneer ancestors, and Buddhist women teachers. Her many essays have appeared in ...