{"product_id":"9781421837154","title":"The Deep Limitless Air A Memoir in Pieces","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMary Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rooms of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Alfred A. Knopf and Vintage Books. She received a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 2002. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTiferet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, CNN On-line, \u003cem\u003eThe Chaos\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpoon River Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and in the anthology \u003cem\u003eIf I Don't Make It, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings\u003c\/em\u003e. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has taught at the University of Iowa. She lives in Iowa City and is a full-time writing coach.\u003cp\u003eENDORSEMENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mary Allen's effortlessly original voice addresses the reader with startling simplicity and moral clarity, whether she is introducing us to the tender friendship between a young woman and a celebrated octogenarian, or allowing us to see through her eyes the beautiful solemnity of monks at their devotions, or tracing her own strange citizenship in the liminal realm of a disrupted childhood and the years that follow. Simply put, read this book. Allen's beguiling and brilliant writing will leave you exhilarated.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-Jo Ann Beard, author of \u003cem\u003eFestival Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A snarl of honeybees in a parcel at the post office evokes a mother's long-ago rage; a medical insurance crisis arises when a sister gives birth; past loves, an old man who was kind; Boston, Iowa City, Hawaii, speculations of the afterlife.\u003cem\u003eThe Deep Limitless Air\u003c\/em\u003e tells a life of successive revelation, evolving wisdom. Mary Allen's prose has the freshness of the most optimistic morning. I adore this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-Honor Moore, author of \u003cem\u003eOur Revolution, A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Among the reasons I love \u003cem\u003eThe Deep Limitless Air\u003c\/em\u003e is that its spirituality is so light-handed and matter-of-fact and barely distinguishable from the apprehension and appreciation of ordinary life, life both lived and recalled. Mary Allen writes about growing up with a rejecting mother, of lovers, partners, friends, and a procession of animals who summon her tender and respectful attention, of learning to bear the long silence of meditation and the joyful shout of the world. A beautiful, funny, warm, and heartbreaking book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-Peter Trachtenberg, author of \u003cem\u003eAnother Insane Devotion, On the Love of Cats and Persons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Allen is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rooms of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, a literary memoir published by Alfred A. Knopf and Vintage Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Light Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48533145026801,"sku":"9781421837154","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781421837154_p0.jpg?v=1786318718","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421837154","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}