A memoir of one woman’s struggle to succeed as a wildland firefighter on an elite, male-dominated crew as they battle some of the fiercest wildfires in the West.
Ramsey’s memoir covers a lot of ground, skillfully ... Sometimes her struggles with ordinary life threaten to take over the narrative, but while they humanize her, they are not the most interesting part of this book. What resonates instead is fire and all that it entails ... Ramsey’s memoir is a moving, sometimes funny story about destruction, change and rebirth, told by a woman tempered by fire.
Ramsey is an eloquent and lyrical writer, which elevates Wildfire Days well beyond the realms of simple anecdote into a real page-turner ... Ramsey is spectacularly good at vividly describing the torturous physical challenges involved in wildfire work ... Refreshing honesty ... Hard to tear yourself away from.
