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In the heart of Idaho's Salmon River Mountains, a woman unknowingly begins what becomes a journey of understanding. Haunted by personal loss and the complex history of the American West, she seeks beauty and understanding at alpine lakes, beside wild rivers, crosscountry skiing, on trails, and with her dogs. Here, amidst granite peaks and endangered beings, she confronts the challenges and awe of nature, the ethics of hunting, the past, an uncertain future, and the depths of her own being. As she navigates physical and emotional landscapes, she grapples with questions of identity, belonging, and the delicate balance between humanity and the wild.
This is more than a personal narrative; it is a powerful call for environmental awareness, the feminine, understanding of history, and a celebration of beauty. With unflinching honesty, CMarie Fuhrman examines the complexities of history, the sacredness of the land, and the urgent need to protect our wild spaces. These essays resonate with a deep reverence for Indigenous people, history, and the natural world. They will speak to anyone who has found refuge in nature, wrestled with the past, or dared to envision a brighter tomorrow.
This is more than a personal narrative; it is a powerful call for environmental awareness, the feminine, understanding of history, and a celebration of beauty. With unflinching honesty, CMarie Fuhrman examines the complexities of history, the sacredness of the land, and the urgent need to protect our wild spaces. These essays resonate with a deep reverence for Indigenous people, history, and the natural world. They will speak to anyone who has found refuge in nature, wrestled with the past, or dared to envision a brighter tomorrow.
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"Intense and reflective, heart-wrenching and heart-expanding, this essay collection holds contradictory and complex emotions together with tenderness and care. Salmon Weather offers hard-won truths and yet wonder. It is fierce and yet humane. It is honest and yet full of compassion. An ode to all things wild, these essays are written with precision and masterful prose. Readers are welcomed into th
Laura Pritchett, winner of the PEN America award for fiction
"For each of the ruins that CMarie Fuhrman stunningly excavates in this gorgeous collection, she offers a formidable measure of intellect, heart, and grace. Here is a writer who refuses easy consolation and smug pontification toward the people and forces that rupture life, land, family, and culture. Here is a writer who can imagine herself the sort of survivor who both kills and cleans up, who is
Kate Lebo
"These deeply moving essays amount to a shared journey, during which Fuhrman does something rare and precious-takes readers, regardless of our own immensely varied stories, onto perilous ground. Thanks to this Indigenous woman's gifted prose, an old white guy like me can better grapple with identity, fear, and loss, with love for particular places, dogs, and people, with prospects for a hopeful fu
Harry W. Greene, Cornell University emeritus professor of ecology and evolution