Inside the Turbulent Journey of Rachel Weaver: The Untold Story Behind Dizzy
There was a Western Library on campus that had about 100 books by western authors – Ed Abby, Terry Tempest Williams, BK Loren, Pam Houston, Annie Proulx, Rick Bass, Margaret Murie, Gretel Erlich. I sat in the hallway until three in the morning every night and read every book in the library. It shaped the way I think and write about the natural world. And no one went home pregnant.
JML: Near the end of the book, you bring your father back in—he’s been kind of a model or a kind of guardian angel for you as you’ve traversed what you call “that slippery sloped kingdom of the sick” throughout the narrative. What would he think of your memoir?
