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Wildfire Days: A Woman, A Hotshot Crew, And The Burning American West
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In The Exhilarating Spirit Of Wild And A Walk In The Park, This Intimate And ActionPacked Memoir (Outside) Follows One WomanS Struggle To Succeed As A Wildland Firefighter On An Elite, MaleDominated Crew As They Battle Some Of The Fiercest Wildfires In The West.When Kelly Ramsey Drives Over A California Mountain Pass To Join An Elite Wildland Firefighting Crew, SheS Terrified That She WonT Be Able To Keep Up With The Intense Demands Of The Job. Not Only Will She Be The Only Woman On This Hotshot Crew And Their First In Ten Years, SheLl Also Be Among The Oldest. As She Trains Relentlessly To Overcome The CrewS Skepticism And Gain Their Respect, Megafires Erupt Across The West, Posing An Increasing Danger Both On The Job And Back Home. In Vivid Prose That Evokes The Majesty Of Northern CaliforniaS Forests, Kelly Takes Us On The Ground To Show How Major Wildfires Are Fought, Revealing The Psychological Toll, The BoneDeep Weariness, And The Unbreakable Camaraderie That Emerge In The Face Of NatureS Fury.Despite The Wear And Tear Of Her Rookie Year In Fire, Kelly Gears Up For A Second Season, Determined To Prove That Not Only Can A Woman Survive This Work, She Can Excel. But When Her Plans To Marry Her Partner Start To Crumble And Sparks Fly With A Fellow Crew Member, She Wrestles With Whether SheS Truly Outgrown The SelfDestructive Patterns SheS Learned From Her Father, Whose Drinking And Itinerant Ways Haunt Her. As The Season Wears On, She Discovers How Tenuous Belonging Can Be Amid EverChanging Crew Dynamics.In This Moving, Sometimes Funny Story About Destruction, Change, And Rebirth (Los Angeles Times), Kelly Wrestles With The Questions: Which Fires Do You Fight, And Which Do You Let Burn You Clean?
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