Fire in the Heart: A Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N9VIZBS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 251 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
FIRE IN THE HEART is a powerful memoir by a woman, once a shy, insecure schoolgirl, who reinvented herself as a professional wildland fire fighter. But when she loses someone she loves to the famous Storm King Mountain forest fire in Colorado, which killed fourteen firefighters, Mary faces the hardest choice of her life; to stay in the game or turn back and try to find the woman she used to be. Determined to forge herself into a stronger, braver person, Mary climbs to heights she never imagined for herself, eventually directing blazes across the country. Filled with literal struggles for survival, tough choices and Mary's burning passion for what she does, Fire in the Heart, is an unflinching account of one woman's relationship with fire. It is both a thrilling memoir about life-threatening work and a meditation on identity, strength, bravery, bonds, and survivor's guilt.
Maclean, author of Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire, and other books. It took a “big one,” the South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain, to bring home the deepest meanings of love, loss, and the bittersweet renewal of life that follows the flames." --John N. There’s as much heart as fire in this book. . "Emerick vividly recounts the extremely taxing physical requirements, the deadly conditions firefighters consistently endure, and the ever present lure of adventure and camaraderie each fire provides.A mo