bookbabebloom's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
What a beautiful memoir and ode to the land. Makes me grateful to live on our little two acre ranch
ddillon2's review against another edition
5.0
Pam Houston is my favorite author. Honestly this book just makes me want to live a life outdoors.
pamiverson's review against another edition
4.0
A series of essays with interesting insights into the life of a writer, overcoming trauma, living in a remote part of Colorado (with a wildfire threatening the area), animals, and more. Thought-provoking -- I like her writing style and I learned about an area and a way of life I knew very little about. And the importance of hope!!
gingerleekretschmer's review against another edition
5.0
This is so good. I wish she were a friend of mine. What a wonderful woman and brilliant writer. <3
wildsage's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
petalsonme's review against another edition
5.0
"Could a person mourn and be joyful simultaneously? I understood it as the challenge of the twenty first century."
momo21's review against another edition
5.0
Pam Houston has the amazing ability to write about both the heartbreaking damage we’re doing to this earth while also expanding on its beauty and hope for the future. She teaches us that it’s possible to “live simultaneously inside the wonder and the grief.” I loved every sentence of this book, someone get me a membership to this woman’s fan club
brandonlouis's review against another edition
5.0
To say I loved this book would be an injustice done to both it and its author. It might even be my favorite book yet. I have no idea why I hadn’t read it sooner, only picking it up in the Ouray Bookshop on one of my many visits to the area I love best: Southwest Colorado. Sometimes I have to explain to people why I love it there so very much, why I have a picture I took off Highway 550 near Silverton tattooed on my arm along with a slew of splashing aspen leaves, and when I do from now on, I’ll be recommending this book. Pam is clearly an especially talented writer, but also an especially keen empath. I needed this book. It’s even inspired me to pick up my writing again. Please, just read it.
hooliaquoolia's review against another edition
4.0
This memoir is at once urgent and languid, an elegy for a disappearing earth and a ode to her many living beauties. It is sincerely, genuinely, deeply felt and deeply written. Her insight into how humans can both terrorize and heal the earth and her inhabitants is singular and invaluable in such a universally dire time. The author is wise, honest, and her empathy for the natural world is so beautifully written that I could feel my heart grow with hers. What an outstanding book. Please read this if you, like so many others, are overwhelmed by the current trajectory of the earth.
bernfarr's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful writing that's full of heart. I'd give it six stars if I could. The chapter Diary of a Fire is compelling reading.