{"title":"Martha Baillie","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection featuring the works of the distinguished author, Martha Baillie. Known for her insightful and lyrical prose, Baillie has carved a unique niche in the literary world. With a keen eye for detail and a compassionate voice, she crafts narratives that delve into the intricacies of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong her notable works is \u003cem\u003eThere Is No Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, a profound exploration of identity and perception. This book, situated within the \u003cstrong\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e category, showcases Baillie's ability to blend personal reflection with broader cultural themes, offering readers a rich and thought-provoking journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBaillie's writing is celebrated for its poetic elegance and emotional depth, inviting readers to ponder life's complexities. Whether you are new to her work or a devoted follower, exploring Martha Baillie's books promises an enriching encounter with a masterful storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"there-is-no-blue-by-martha-baillie-9781552454749","title":"There Is No Blue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e: Books to Read in Fall 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Best 100 Books of 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartha Baillie's richly layered response to her mother's passing, her father's life, and her sister's suicide is an exploration of how the body, the rooms we inhabit, and our languages offer the psyche a home, if only for a time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree essays, three deaths. The first is the death of the author's mother, a protracted disappearance, leaving space for thoughtfulness and ritual: the washing of her body, the making of a death mask. The second considers the author's father, his remoteness, his charm, a lacuna at the centre of the family even before his death, earlier than her mother's. And then, the shocking death of the author's sister, a visual artist and writer living with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, who writes three reasons to die on her bedroom wall and then takes her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this close observation of a family, few absolutes hold, as experiences of reality diverge. A memoir of cascading grief and survival from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Incident Report\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Martha Baillie's novels are thrillingly, joyously singular, that rare combination of \u003cem\u003esui generis\u003c\/em\u003e and just plain generous. That \u003cem\u003eThere Is No Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, her memoir, is all of those things too, is no surprise; still, she has gone somewhere extraordinary. This triptych of essays, which exquisitely unfolds the 'disobedient tale' of the lives and deaths of her mother, her father, and her sister, is a meditation on the mystery and wonder of grief and art making and home and memory itself. It made me think of kintsugi, the Japanese art of repair, in which the mending is not hidden but featured and beautifully illuminated. Baillie's variety of attention, carved out of language, is tenderness, is love.\" \u003cstrong\u003eMaud Casey, author of \u003cem\u003eCity of Incurable Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a stunning memoir, intense and meticulous in its observations of family life. Baillie subtly interrogates and conveys the devastating mistranslations that take place in childhood, the antagonism and porousness of siblings, and the tragedy of schizophrenia as it unfolds. I couldn't put it down.\" \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Lisa Appignanesi, author of \u003cem\u003eMad, Bad and Sad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEveryday Madness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Exquisite.\" \u003cstrong\u003eSouvankham Thammavongsa, author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Pronounce Knife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I am grateful for this profound meditation on family and loss.\" \u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Kaufman, filmmaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This strange, unsettling memoir of outer life and inner life and their bizarre twining captures the author's identity by way of her mother's death, her sister's failing battle with mental illness, and the mysterious figure of her father. 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