A revealing look at the power of speaking out, <em>Writing in an Age of Silence</em> describes Paretski's coming of age in a time of great possibility, during the civil rights movement, the peace movement, and the women's movement. Bestselling crime-writer Sarah Paretsky has won critical acclaim for her V.I. Warshawski novels, centered around one of the first and most popular female investigators in contemporary fiction. In this fascinating and personal account, Paretsky describes a life shaped by the desire to act. From the feminist movement—which triggered her aspirations to write and shaped the character of her female detective—to the Patriot Act and the liberties we have lost, Paretsky describes the struggle of one individual to find a voice. A moving call to action, <em>Writing in an Age of Silence</em> chronicles the social changes that have shaped contemporary America, and mirrors a desire for freedom, both personal and political, that many Americans will relate to today. <br />
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Sara Paretsky. Writing in an Age of Silence
WRITING IN AN. AGE OF SILENCE
Contents
Introduction
Notes
1. Wild Women Out of Control, or How I Became a Writer
2. The King and I
Notes
3. Not Angel, Not Monster, Just Human
Notes
4. The iPod and Sam Spade
Notes
5. Truth, Lies, and Duct Tape
1. The changed marketplace
2. Libraries and civil liberties
3. Truth, Lies, and Duct-Tape
Notes
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WRITING IN AN
AGE OF SILENCE
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Despite these difficult years, and difficult lessons, my four brothers and I gained some good lessons, as well. My brothers and I all acquired a great love of books and language from them.
In addition, we learned about the importance of service for the public good. My father’s parents met walking a picket line for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. My grandfather was a cutter, my grandmother a finisher in a shirtwaist factory. Both hoped to improve the loathsome conditions in New York’s sweatshops. One of my father’s uncles was active enough in the Wobblies to be deported during the infamous Palmer raids of the 1920s.
