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Hotshot: A Life On Fire
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A Kirkus Best Book Of The YearA Beautiful Reflection On Justice, The Environment, The Self, And Much More.George Saundersthe Fierce Debut Memoir Of A Female Firefighter, Hotshot Navigates The Personal And Environmental Dangers Of Wildland Firefightingfrom 2000 To 2010, River Selby Was A Wildland Firefighter Whose Given Name Was Anastasia. This Is A Memoir Of That Time In Their LifeOf Ana, The Struggles She Encountered, And The Constraints Of What It Means To Be FemaleBodied In A MaleDominated Industry. An Illuminating Debut From A Fierce New Voice, Hotshot Is A Timely Reckoning With Both The Personal And Environmental Dangers Of Wildland Firefighting.By The Time They Were Nineteen, Selby Had Been Homeless, Addicted To Drugs, And Sexually Assaulted More Than Once. In A LastDitch Effort To Find Direction, They Applied To Be A Wildland Firefighter. Two Years Later, They Joined An Elite Class Of Specially Trained Wildland Firefighters Known As Hotshots. Over The Course Of Five Fire Seasons, Selby Delves Into The World Of The PeopleAlmost Entirely MenWho Risk Their Lives To Fight And Sometimes Prevent Wildfires. Simultaneously Hyper Visible And Invisible, Selby Navigated An Odd Mix Of Camaraderie And Rampant Sexism On The Job And, When They Challenged It, A Violent Closing Of Ranks That Excluded Them From The Work TheyD Come To Love.Drawing On Years Of Firsthand Experience On The Frontlines Of Fire And Years Of Research, Selby Examines How The Collision Of Fire Suppression Policy, Colonization, And Climate Change Has Led To Fire Seasons Of Unprecedented Duration And Severity. A Work Of Rare Intimacy, Hotshot Provides New Insight Into Fire, The People Who Fight It, And The Diversity Of Ecosystems Dependent On This Elemental Force.
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