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鈥�8T: How on Earth Do We Speak?鈥� by Placitas author Mary E. Carter is a memoir, an examination of the power of the spoken word for good or for bad, and a Torah commentary from a feminist perspective. (Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures.)

The 鈥�8T鈥� in the first part of Carter鈥檚 book title is her wordplay in declaring her age 鈥� 80.

The rest of the title is a prompt for readers to think about the ways of answering the question 鈥� 鈥淗ow on Earth do we speak?鈥�

Carter鈥檚 book makes visible and audible Genesis chapters 22 and 23 of the Torah.

Carter focuses on the story of the Binding of Isaac (in Hebrew, the Akedah) as seen by Isaac, by his father, the Patriarch Abraham, and by his mother, the Matriarch Sarah.

Showing his loyalty, Abraham follows God鈥檚 instruction to kill his son. Isaac stops the proceedings by simply asking his father where the sacrificial lamb is.

Oops. Abraham is forced to rethink the validity of his loyalty. So he does not sacrifice his son.

Abraham backs off when God, either through the intervention of an angel or through one of the Lord鈥檚 messengers, forbids the offering of Isaac in sacrifice.

What happens next? Abraham and Isaac apparently go back home to Sarah.

Or do they?

Carter finds it very strange that 鈥渢here is no narrative in this passage to describe their return to her. None. Thus we hear nothing about how Sarah might have reacted at being told about their 鈥榓dventure.鈥欌��

The only mention of Sarah in Genesis Chapter 23 is the statement of her age at the time 鈥� 127 years old.

The statement, Carter writes, seems to bypass a more relevant issue 鈥� the near sacrifice of her son by her husband.

Consequently, readers of this chapter of Genesis do not know, either by words or actions, what was Sarah鈥檚 reaction to Abraham鈥檚 attempted sacrifice of their son.

Was Sarah silenced, not allowed to speak, Carter wonders.

As a result, she concludes, the Binding of Isaac should more accurately be identified as the narrative about the 鈥淏inding of Sarah鈥檚 Tongue, the Binding of Sarah鈥檚 Speech 鈥� the Binding of Sarah鈥︹��

Carter has been studying Torah for more than 30 years with various rabbi-led groups.

Not unlike the biblical Sarah, the female members of Carter鈥檚 Torah study groups have been struggling to have their voices heard and their own stories told.

With their tongues unbound, 鈥渋t is a balm to heal us after so many years of being stifled, muffled, or silently ignored,鈥� Carter writes.

At another level, she thinks that it has not been easy for men and women to communicate with each other.

Why is that?

Carter believes that thinking about ideas is simpler than putting the ideas into spoken words.

Carter organized 鈥�8T鈥� 鈥� which is basically nonfiction 鈥� to contain excerpts from each of her earlier works of fiction.

She said the excerpts were in response to questions from 鈥渕ale dinner guests鈥� who wondered disparagingly if she writes about her own life in her fiction.

There is also a new short story in 鈥�8T鈥� with a fictional character named Kat. Kat appears at a gathering at Carter鈥檚 home 鈥� shortly after the author鈥檚 mother鈥檚 death 鈥� and proceeds to torment Carter with gossip about Carter鈥檚 father.

Gossip causes Carter terrible emotional harm.

Then Carter reveals that her father, two days before her mother鈥檚 funeral in 1968, demonstrates his insensitivity, his cruelty.

Carter writes that he told her 鈥渢hat she was the one who had been in the way of all the things he had wanted to accomplish during his entire life up to now 鈥� because you were always there.鈥�

You won鈥檛 find Carter鈥檚 late father鈥檚 name in 鈥�8T.鈥� She silenced it.

On purpose.

鈥淭his book was the most difficult for me to write of all my books because I wrote it in the first person,鈥� she said.

And because she had to learn to avoid addressing certain upsetting episodes in her life, such as dealing with her mother鈥檚 cancer, her death at 46, and the aftermath.

Carter said her fiction came out of imagination and Jewish lore.

Throughout 鈥�8T,鈥� Carter reintroduces a question raised by a young man, a friend, the author knew in college.

He initially uttered the question to her at their college鈥檚 commencement exercises. 鈥淲hat are you going to do now, Mary Carter?鈥� she quotes him 鈥� his name was Marc 鈥� as asking.

鈥淗ow on earth did Marc speak so plainly? What made him ask this question? Were those to be his last words? It turned out that they were, in real life, very nearly his last words,鈥� Carter writes.

Marc died in a small plane crash within a few weeks of their graduation.