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Title: Wildfire

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Mary Pauline Lowry

Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Julie has an obsession with fire that began after her parents died when she was 12 years old. Her pyromania leads her to take an unlikely job as a forest firefighter on an elite, Type 1 "Hotshot" crew of forest firefighters who travel the American West battling wildfires. The only woman on the 20-person crew, Julie struggles both to prove her worth and find a place of belonging in the dangerous, insular, and very masculine world of fire. As her season "on the line" progresses so do her relationships with the strange and varied cast of characters that make up her hotshots team - and she learns what it means to put your life on the line for someone else. Wildfire is a tough, gritty, and fascinating story from an exciting new voice in American fiction. Fans of the movie Backdraft or Cheryl Strayeds memoir Wild will enjoy this fast-paced debut.

Members Reviews:

Better than a booger strewn postcard.

If you ever swung a shovel or a Pulaski on a fire line, you will enjoy this book (if you suspend a little belief here and there). If you are some kind of firefighter groupie you will probably love this book. If you have no interest at all in the subject... you will gain a better understanding of how life as a seasonal firefighter rolls.

It's relatively well-written; the story moves along without any overly distracting side-plots or details.

As a former wildland firefighter, some of the stories I recognized immediately (the wild hijinks, the inter-crew rivalries, the snoring ox, the waiting-to-be-discovered semipro snowboarder, the ex military adrenaline junky) - and those were my favorites. Other stories were a little too contrived - I could see them happening; but not all to the same person (or even the same crew) and not all in the same season.

But if you have a Boston to Seattle flight in the near future, it is a pretty good way to spend your time.

Interesting and a fast read

I found it interesting because I had training for mountain fire fighting in the military (but not close to this level). I was also the only female in deployments--yet managed not to sleep with my co-workers. I liked the story and the characters. I had an issue with some of the descriptions. I'm still trying to figure out "the angry confidence of a military man." Did the author mean Tan was angrily confident and had military bearing? The phrase is insulting to military personnel and is without purpose. I liked that Lowery used slang, but she should've used the word "tequila" before referring to it just as cactus juice. I thought they were drinking nopal juice at first. Perhaps slang has changed, but twice she referred to a man as being built like a "brick sh*thouse," which to me (and those I surveyed) means a curvy, busty woman. Most of the ending was predictable, but with some minor surprises. The ending was still satisfactory. I would recommend the book to friends.

Wonderful story,

This story is told on multiple layers of human drama cultural struggles, and family dynamics. Masterfully written to capture the danger and politics of the firefighters world.

Hope she keeps writing

Don't remember much about the story. Didn't finish the book. I was interested in becoming a 'smoke jumper" back in the days when the advertising stated: "Females need NOT apply, and my female relatives said: "You can marry a 'smoke jumper'.