Inside the Flames: The Untold Story of a Hotshot’s Fierce Battle for Survival
Like the Western landscape, Selby is also continually evolving, growing, and possibly even regenerating in a series of figurative “controlled” (and not-so-controlled) burns. Over the course of the memoir, the reader sees them struggle with their physicality, sexuality, and gender identity; an endeavor particularly fraught given their status as the sole woman (or one of very few) on an all-male crew in a remote area. I admired Selby’s own relationship to regeneration and growth, working towards at least a semblance of outward peace with the land and an internal peace with their own body.
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