DEEP CREEK Finding Hope in the High Country

Pam Houston reads her high-country memoir in the clear voice of a lifelong storyteller who is at home in front of the mic. Her skill with words animates this richly detailed and honest-to-the bone work. She narrates with an assured tone and admirable poise, since her life has been packed with toils and snares. This audiobook reveals the dark--her father was horribly abusive and her mother detached, both were alcoholics. And the light--with every cent she has, she buys a remarkable mountain ranch in the remote reaches of Colorado. There she lives with her Irish wolfhounds, donkeys, horses, and sheep. Adversity is never far, but her mountain life, where snow is measured in feet, allows for solitude and whets her love of the outdoors. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2019]