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A Novel
8 March 2013
Description
“An absorbing, generous, ravishing book by a high priestess of you-have-to-read-this prose." —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
Pam Houston, an "early master of the art of rendering fiercely independent, brilliant women in love with the wrong men" (Sarah Norris, Barnes & Noble Review), delivers a novel that whisks us from one breathtaking precipice to the next. Along the way, we unravel the story of Pam (a character not unlike the author), a fearless traveler aiming to leave her metaphorical baggage behind as she seeks a comfort zone in the air. With the help of a loyal cast of friends, body workers, and a new partner who helps her to be at home, she finally finds something like ground under her feet.
Reviews
"If [Houston’s] unlucky in love, she's certainly lucky in prose. She makes everyday accidental details of nature fly vividly off the page." — Alan Cheuse, NPR
"Houston is a wonderful writer, and her graceful vignettes are by turns beautiful, slyly funny and heart-stopping." — Rebecca Barry, San Francisco Chronicle
"Houston builds her story out of 132 highly crafted vignettes identified by place names—gems in a constantly changing mosaic." — Jane Ciabattari, Boston Globe
"Houston is a consummate yarn spinner—smart, funny, and elegant—and her autobiographically tinged book is full of vignette realizations, beautiful scenery, and amazing adventures by a narrator you’d kill to have as a best friend." — Courtney Ferguson, Portland Mercury
"A tale so vivid, intricate, and intimate that it puts high-def TV to shame: One moment, we’re straddling lava flowing from a Hawaiian volcano; the next, we’re watching thousands of glowworms light up a New Zealand cave…Peppered throughout is advice to live by, stuff worth scribbling down and posting on your inspiration board for when that dark cloud rolls in." — Natasha Clark, Elle
"True to its title, each snippet harbors small dips and rises that add up to cumulative wisdom by book’s end, and a satisfying arc of anecdote that makes a convincing whole." — Ben Fulton, Salt Lake Tribune
"Eat, Pray, Love meets Up in the Air in this engaging novel about a woman whose craving for adventure (and jerk of a boyfriend) sends her flying." — O, The Oprah Magazine
"A driving kinetic energy…keeps the reader whirling as Pam turns an observant and critical eye on herself, her relationship, and her country…Houston is as adept a writer as she is an adventurer. And it’s her writing with its startling images of the natural world that set this book apart from the rest." — Erika Recordon, Oregonian
Also By: Pam Houston 
Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories
Paperback, 2019
“Brilliant.… [Houston] takes women into grand spaces, both emotional and physical, and isolates them until there’s nothing left to do but sit down and take a hard look at one’s soul.” —Los Angeles...
Sight Hound: A Novel
Hardback, 2013
The long-awaited novel—a very special love story—from the best-selling author of Cowboys Are My Weakness.
A Little More About Me
Paperback, 2013
“Pam Houston catches the voice of an entire generation of adventurous young women whose intrepid hearts lead them into deep water.”—Elle
Waltzing the Cat
Paperback, 2013
"Self-assured and self-revealing, Waltzing the Cat will gratify Pam Houston’s many admirers, and it will lure plenty of new readers into her wild rivers" —Portland Oregonian
Sight Hound: A Novel
E Book, 2011
The long-awaited novel; a very special love story; from the best-selling author of Cowboys Are My Weakness.
