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Wildfire: Losing Everything, Gaining the World
In August of 2020, Nicole Sallak Anderson lost her home, all her belongings, as well as beloved pets, bees, trees, and gardens that had been her sanctuary for thirteen years. As the disaster unfolded, starting on the day she found out her home had burned, she began to chronicle her survival and recovery, ending on the one-year anniversary of what would come to be known as the CZU Lightning Fire Complex. What has resulted is a collection of essays that are part eco-disaster handbook and part climate refugee chronicles, but also a love story about a piece of land and a family rebuilding together from scratch.
“ Nicole Sallak Anderson is a free spirit who connects with trees, fairies, and other ethereal and timeless beings. She is able to see the beauty and depth that is present underneath the shallow outer layers of life, which proves itself to be a valuable gift. Anderson presents the reader with a powerful collection of essays regarding falling in love with a space, watching it literally burn to nothing, and then rising from the ashes .” ~2023 BookLife Prize
“ Nicole has written a magnificently intimate tale of staggering loss and trauma, rebirth and self-discovery filled with fairies, magic, and most importantly, angels that arrive in the post. As a fire survivor, I cried often reading her book, sometimes with remembering, but also with the gratitude she expresses and the lessons learned from the land and trees. I might have written this book myself if I had her courage and mastery of language, but I have neither, so I will require my family and friends to read her book so they understand. ” ~Nancy Lynn Jarvis author of Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries and PIP Inc. Mysteries
“One part ode to a place, one part critique of disaster capitalism, and one part call for inspired regenerative action, this book is a beautiful recipe and reminder to practice active hope and continue to turn towards love and life despite extreme loss in this time of uncertainty and ecological unraveling. ” ~Della Duncan, Renegade Economist and Work that Reconnects Facilitator
“ Nicole Sallak Anderson is a free spirit who connects with trees, fairies, and other ethereal and timeless beings. She is able to see the beauty and depth that is present underneath the shallow outer layers of life, which proves itself to be a valuable gift. Anderson presents the reader with a powerful collection of essays regarding falling in love with a space, watching it literally burn to nothing, and then rising from the ashes .” ~2023 BookLife Prize
“ Nicole has written a magnificently intimate tale of staggering loss and trauma, rebirth and self-discovery filled with fairies, magic, and most importantly, angels that arrive in the post. As a fire survivor, I cried often reading her book, sometimes with remembering, but also with the gratitude she expresses and the lessons learned from the land and trees. I might have written this book myself if I had her courage and mastery of language, but I have neither, so I will require my family and friends to read her book so they understand. ” ~Nancy Lynn Jarvis author of Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries and PIP Inc. Mysteries
“One part ode to a place, one part critique of disaster capitalism, and one part call for inspired regenerative action, this book is a beautiful recipe and reminder to practice active hope and continue to turn towards love and life despite extreme loss in this time of uncertainty and ecological unraveling. ” ~Della Duncan, Renegade Economist and Work that Reconnects Facilitator
230 pages, Hardcover
Published April 14, 2023
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About the author
Nicole Sallak Anderson
20 books213 followersNicole Sallak Anderson is Computer Science graduate from Purdue University, and former CTO for a small Silicon Valley startup, turned novelist, speaker, and blogger, focusing on the intersection of technology and consciousness. Her essays range from AI and Zen to direct democracy to the loneliness of modern parenting— featured as a top twenty story on Medium. In addition, her work on Universal Basic Income has been included on 2020 presidential candidate, Andrew Yang’s, website.
She is the author of Origins, Blood and Chaos, and Civilization's End--a trilogy about Egypt's last native pharaoh and his quest to take back his empire from the Ptolemys, and most recently, It Takes Two, a contemporary romance with a reincarnation twist.
You can keep up with all her latest writing on her website www.nicolesallakanderson.com or by following @NSallakAnderson on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Medium. Feel free to contact her, she almost always answers to any query or comment!
She is the author of Origins, Blood and Chaos, and Civilization's End--a trilogy about Egypt's last native pharaoh and his quest to take back his empire from the Ptolemys, and most recently, It Takes Two, a contemporary romance with a reincarnation twist.
You can keep up with all her latest writing on her website www.nicolesallakanderson.com or by following @NSallakAnderson on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Medium. Feel free to contact her, she almost always answers to any query or comment!
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May 18, 2023
Nicole has written a magnificently intimate tale of staggering loss and trauma, rebirth and self-discovery
filled with fairies, magic, and most importantly, angels that arrive in the post.
As a fire survivor, I cried often reading her book, sometimes with remembering, but also with the
gratitude she expresses and the lessons learned from the land and trees. I might have written this book
myself if I had her courage and mastery of language, but I have neither, so I will require my family and
friends to read her book so they understand.
filled with fairies, magic, and most importantly, angels that arrive in the post.
As a fire survivor, I cried often reading her book, sometimes with remembering, but also with the
gratitude she expresses and the lessons learned from the land and trees. I might have written this book
myself if I had her courage and mastery of language, but I have neither, so I will require my family and
friends to read her book so they understand.
Displaying 1 of 1 review