Disclaimer: I. Love. Pam. Houston. Not in a bi-curious kind of way, but because I think we were separated at birth! I heard her read Chapter 3 of this book at a writing conference. I got Deep Creek but didn’t read it. THEN I read a bad review in the New York Times. So, I put Deep Creek on the to-read list and got to it earlier this week. The major critique from the NYT reviewer was that though Pam Houston expresses concern about the environment, climate change, she isn’t DOING anything about it. Not. The. Point. These interconnected essays that form a book, a story, tell Pam’s story about… loving the ranch, moving past the hard stuff, the bad stuff, the stupid stuff, the scary stuff. Pam’s tough and tender. When you read this story, you will know her. I did get bogged down a bit toward the end as she was describing the fire that burned the West and threatened her ranch. Even so, I loved this work. Up next, a book by the NYT reviewer\u2014a woman who owns a ranch in South Africa. Hope her’s is good…. either way, you’ll read all about it here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Disclaimer: I. Love. Pam. Houston. Not in a bi-curious kind of way, but because I think we were separated at birth! I heard her read Chapter 3 of this book at a writing conference. I got Deep Creek but didn’t read it. THEN I read a bad review in the New York Times. So, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n