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Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston
4 reviews
carareadsbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
5.0
A powerfully, beautifully written memoir that reminds you of the stunning, breathtaking joy to be found in connecting with nature.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Animal death
saholst's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I loved this book, the author’s voice is perfect for the high mountain valleys that she loves. I especially enjoyed the pure magic of the arctic chapters and the exploration of the earth as mother.
There is a particularly brutal description of familial sexual assault that snuck up on me. Important for the author’s story but it’s in stark contrast to the rest of the book.
Also I wanted more careful treatment of the indigenous peoples of this land. They are barely mentioned and not at all in the exploration of the history of her place.
There is a particularly brutal description of familial sexual assault that snuck up on me. Important for the author’s story but it’s in stark contrast to the rest of the book.
Also I wanted more careful treatment of the indigenous peoples of this land. They are barely mentioned and not at all in the exploration of the history of her place.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault
mlwizenberg's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault
reading_between_the_trees's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
WARNING: don't read this book unless you are ready to leave it all behind, buy a ranch in Colorado, and adopt a bunch of donkeys!!! Pam Houston WILL convince you.
Houston's writing is so poignant. She makes it her mission to communicate the beauty of the forest and the animals and the land while they are still around. Some chapters, I felt like I was standing next to her in the still morning, with a layer of snow over everything, or laying on the porch with her and her beloved dog in his last moments, looking up at the stars and feeling the crushing, fleeting nature of life and love. I especially felt her heartbreak and anger in the chapter "Diary of a Fire" as her world literally burned around her.
If there is a balance to be found between doom-and-gloom climate dialogue and hope, this is it. Houston puts it better herself than I can:
"This book has been an effort to write my way to an understanding of how to be alive in the meantime, in the final days, if not of the earth, then at least of the earth as I've known her. Because it has only been in knowing her that I've come to know myself."
Houston's writing is so poignant. She makes it her mission to communicate the beauty of the forest and the animals and the land while they are still around. Some chapters, I felt like I was standing next to her in the still morning, with a layer of snow over everything, or laying on the porch with her and her beloved dog in his last moments, looking up at the stars and feeling the crushing, fleeting nature of life and love. I especially felt her heartbreak and anger in the chapter "Diary of a Fire" as her world literally burned around her.
If there is a balance to be found between doom-and-gloom climate dialogue and hope, this is it. Houston puts it better herself than I can:
"This book has been an effort to write my way to an understanding of how to be alive in the meantime, in the final days, if not of the earth, then at least of the earth as I've known her. Because it has only been in knowing her that I've come to know myself."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
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