TALES OF STRUGGLE & SURVIVAL – NONFICTION
In The River’s Daughter: A Memoir, leading whitewater guide Bridget Crocker traces her journey from a turbulent childhood in Wyoming after her parents’ divorce to rafting some of the world’s fiercest rivers. Amid danger, loss, and betrayal, the river becomes her teacher, showing her the possibilities of transformation through nature. In Trauma Plot: A Life, Jamie Hood tells the story of three decades marred by sexual violence and the wreckage it leaves behind. Hood invokes infamous figures, from Ovid’s Philomela and David Lynch’s Laura Palmer to Artemisia Gentileschi, raising important questions about what we demand of survivors – and what survivors owe a world that has abandoned them. From 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildland firefighter whose given name was Anastasia. Hotshot: A Life on Fire is a memoir of that time in their life – of Ana, her struggles, and what it means to be female-bodied in a male-dominated industry. It also provides insight into fire, the people who fight it, and the ecosystems that depend on this elemental force.
Buy The River’s Daughter: A Memoir – Crocker
Buy Trauma Plot: A Life – Hood
Buy Hotshot: A Life on Fire – Selby
