But they do more work than that, too.įire Season was about the narrator’s work as a fire lookout in the Gila National Forest. In one sense, it’s a third memoir, and therefore refers to the events of the first two books, because all three track the life of an individual. I was of course thrilled to get an advanced reader’s copy, in exchange for my honest review (although I can’t at this point claim I’m unbiased about Phil’s work).Ī Song for the River is a sort of sequel to Fire Season. His new publisher’s email about a third book actually caught me by surprise–very, very happy surprise. His second, All the Wrong Places, worked on me differently but still impressed.Īlong the way I got to meet the author and consider him a friend, although not one I’ve kept in touch with closely in the last few years. I need to find time to reread it someday. Philip Connors’s first book, Fire Season, changed my life and the way I thought a book could work.
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