In Pam Houston’s can’t-put-down collection of essays, A Little More About Me, she describes her globe-trotting adventures spanning five continents with candor and humor, but it’s the emotional journey that hits home.
Chief among these is Howard, the adorably histrionic actor whose love is Rae’s main consolation for the looming loss of Dante there’s also Darlene, Rae’s tough-as-nails housekeeper, who keeps things running at the ranch while Rae’s at her Denver apartment or traveling to exotic places…Houston’s gift for capturing the dynamic of unorthodox webs of relationships is on pleasing display in this gruffly warmhearted novel. The ups and downs of the three years he spends in remission are narrated from the perspective of the motley friends who float in Rae’s out-sized orbit. When he is diagnosed with cancer, she puts all of her energies into prolonging his life, volunteering him for experimental surgery. Rae hasn’t had much luck with men, but her love for her dog Dante is pure and uncomplicated. Postfeminist toughness and post-hippie sentiment are the alternating currents of this wry, tender novel by Houston about a Colorado playwright and her beloved Irish wolfhound. Samantha Dunn, author of Not By AccidentĪpple Books Barnes and Noble Amazon Book Store
In Deep Creek, her voice has never been more fully realized, and her message never more important." "Pam Houston is the rodeo queen of American letters. An unstoppable heart song." -Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Misfit's Manifesto This is the book we need right now to remind us how to endure-passionately. Her stories of love, loss, and a life lived in a relationship to land give us good reasons not to give up on ourselves or each other. Pam Houston has taken our heartache and woven it back into hope. " Deep Creek is a love letter to earth, animals, and the best of humanity. “If Cowboys Are My Weakness was Pam Houston’s call to millions of women-blasting us with self-recognition of how we give away our own power-then her new book is the response to that call.” Sara Cutaia for the Chicago Review of Books In a time where the world is either drowning, or burning, or being drilled-into, Houston’s outlook promises a better tomorrow – even if that means we’re no longer here.” And as equally deep is her ability for hope. “Pam Houston is in possession of a deep, heart-achingly beautiful love for her own personal piece of earth. A third kind of book is so insightful and evocative, you shelve it beside other favorite and instructive titles. Other times, you read a good memoir and find yourself wanting to track down the author and become friends. “…good writing can make you envious, no matter how foreign the terrain.
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