Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West
Ramsey’s memoir covers a lot of ground, skillfully ... Sometimes her struggles with ordinary life threaten to take over the narrative, but while they humanize her, they are not the most interesting part of this book. What resonates instead is fire and all that it entails ... Ramsey’s memoir is a moving, sometimes funny story about destruction, change and rebirth, told by a woman tempered by fire.
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...passionately told, impeccably researched and important.
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Ramsey is an eloquent and lyrical writer, which elevates Wildfire Days well beyond the realms of simple anecdote into a real page-turner ... Ramsey is spectacularly good at vividly describing the torturous physical challenges involved in wildfire work ... Refreshing honesty ... Hard to tear yourself away from.
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