The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)

From the Sierra Nevada to the Yucatan to the Bahamas, Meloy's uncommon vision makes us look anew at everything from ancestral mountains to motel swimming pools, and introduces us to Navajo grandmothers as well as Persians who consider turquoise a literal lifesaver. Throughout, she invites us to appreciate the endless surprises in all of life, and celebrates the seduction to be found in our visual surroundings.