{"product_id":"radiance-of-the-ordinary-essays-on-life-death-and-the-sinews-that-bind-hardcover","title":"Radiance of the Ordinary: Essays on Life, Death, and the Sinews That Bind - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTara Couture\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the popular \u003ci\u003eSlowdown Farmstead\u003c\/i\u003e Substack: a raw, poignant collection of essays about cultivating authenticity in this age of great pretend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she was young, Tara Couture had a deep fear of death. In her twenties, determined to manifest her long-time dream of owning a farm, she worked alongside a cattleman whose perspectives on life and death would come to transform her own. When she found herself in the passenger seat of the cattleman's truck out on the Alberta prairie, in search of the bison herd from which they would harvest an animal, she could hardly believe this was the life she was living. But even more surprising was the realization the experience awakened in her: that life and death are inextricably connected. When we shield ourselves from death--or from any of the hard things in life--we close ourselves off to the beauty and richness of a life fully lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of evocative prose that elicits the smells, tastes, cold winds, and sticky summer sweat of Tara's place in the world, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadiance of the Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e elegantly explores the moments both complex and mundane, laden with grief and light with wonderment--from butchering and birthing cows to motherhood and the tragic loss of her youngest daughter. Throughout, the reader is reminded that the work we choose to engage with, the way we make our homes, the food we put into our bodies, the relationships we nurture, and the attention we pay to the ordinary moments--this is what matters. Taken together, these essays provide an unforgettable meditation on what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara is a writer and homesteader with a background in nutrition. She and her husband live on Slowdown Farmstead in Ontario, Canada, where they raise the cows, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens, fruit trees, and vegetable gardens that provide them with most of the food they consume throughout the year. Tara writes about ancestral nutrition, family, homemaking, nature, sovereignty and autonomy, grief and loss, and authenticity on her Substack, Slowdown Farmstead, which has over 23,000 followers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.13 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985445847341,"sku":"9781645023098","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/uq5p3LiBpb9781645023098.webp?v=1776120723","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/radiance-of-the-ordinary-essays-on-life-death-and-the-sinews-that-bind-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}