Love Prodigal -- Traci Brimhall, Paperback Biography / Autobiography And normal is something Birdie

And normal is something Birdie craves

deeply personal portrait of arguably the most singularly multivalent storyteller of the American West

Attached to the underside of a cable was a tiny piece of very old cloth--cloth that had almost become underwear

is the most famous swordsmith in the land

those who declined to go into decline just because they were eligible for social security

Love Prodigal -- Traci Brimhall, Paperback Biography / Autobiography And normal is something BirdieAmidst cycles of heartbreak, trauma, and chronic pain, Love Prodigal finds strength in the natural world, motherhood, desire, and new love. Fiercely self aware and "utterly present tense," Traci Brimhall's Love Prodigal lives in the messiness of starting over. As Brimhall grieves a divorce and a new diagnosis, cycles of loss, heartbreak, family trauma, and chronic illness appear. There is an urge to detach, to go numb. Yet, pain is always returned as