Fire in the Heart
A Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire
Published on 5. September 2017
256 pages
978-1-62872-847-7 (ISBN)
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. Determined to forge herself into a stronger, braver person, Mary climbs to new heights for a woman in the field in the 90s, eventually becoming a team commander of a Florida wildfire division. 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. 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. It is both a thrilling memoir about life-threatening work and a meditation on identity, strength, bravery, bonds, and survivor's guilt.
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09/2017
Arcade Publishing
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Mary Emerick was a wildland firefighter for over 20 years, and the author of the novel, The Geography of Water. Mary has published numerous essays in anthologies, magazines and online publications. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2011. She currently lives and works for the US Forest Service in Joseph, Oregon.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- 1. Holding the Line
- 2. Burning the Prairies
- 3. The Accidental Firefighter
- 4. Sisterhood
- 5. Size-up
- 6. How to Get Over a Smokejumper
- 7. Walking Through
- 8. Close Call
- 9. Fire Family
- 10. Fire in the Blocks
- 11. Death at South Canyon
- 12. Losing My Edge
- 13. After Roger
- 14. Ginger
- 15. On Storm King Mountain
- 16. Alaska
- Epilogue
