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Fire in the Heart|Mary Emerick
Fire in the Heart : A Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire
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FIRE IN THE HEART is a powerful memoir by a woman, once a shy, insecure schoolgirl, who reinvented herself as a professional wildlands firefighter. Determined to forge herself into a stronger, braver person, Mary devotes herself to fire from the Florida swamp to Alaska's interior. 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 a close friend 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.

  • ISBN-13: 9781628728439
  • ISBN-10: 1628728434
  • Publisher: Arcade Publishing
  • Publish Date: September 2017
  • Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
  • Page Count: 256

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