Inside the Turbulent Journey of Rachel Weaver: The Untold Story Behind Dizzy
JML: What other memoirs or novels influenced you?
RW: Right out of college I got a job at the Teton Science School outside Jackson, Wyoming. My job was to help the instructors guide kids on hikes and canoe trips. My other job was to live in the girl’s dorm with all the high school girls and make sure no one snuck out which was easy because there was an angry bison that rattled around campus at night. Not to mention the porcupines and the bears. Two weeks into my summer job, the boy’s dorm flooded and all the high school boys moved into the high school girl’s dorm. The boys were in one huge room with 15 bunk beds, and the girls were in the other room with 15 more bunk beds. My room was in the middle off the short hallway that connected the bunk rooms. My boss said, “Just make sure no one goes home pregnant.”
