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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A tale so vivid, intricate, and intimate that it puts high-def TV to shame.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Pam Houston, an "early master of the art of rendering fiercely independent, brilliant women in love with the wrong men" (Sarah Norris, <em>Barnes & Noble Review</em>), delivers a novel that whisks us from one breathtaking precipice to the next. Along the way, we unravel the story of Pam (a character not unlike the author), a fearless traveler aiming to leave her metaphorical baggage behind as she seeks a comfort zone in the air. With the help of a loyal cast of friends, body workers, and a new partner who helps her to be at home, she finally finds something like ground under her feet.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> meets <em>Up in the Air</em> in this engaging novel about a woman whose craving for adventure (and jerk of a boyfriend) sends her flying.<br><br>A driving kinetic energy...keeps the reader whirling as Pam turns an observant and critical eye on herself, her relationship, and her country...Houston is as adept a writer as she is an adventurer. And it's her writing with its startling images of the natural world that set this book apart from the rest.--Erika Recordon<br><br>A tale so vivid, intricate, and intimate that it puts high-def TV to shame: One moment, we're straddling lava flowing from a Hawaiian volcano; the next, we're watching thousands of glowworms light up a New Zealand cave...Peppered throughout is advice to live by, stuff worth scribbling down and posting on your inspiration board for when that dark cloud rolls in.--Natasha Clark<br><br>Houston builds her story out of 132 highly crafted vignettes identified by place names--gems in a constantly changing mosaic.--Jane Ciabattari<br><br>Houston is a consummate yarn spinner--smart, funny, and elegant--and her autobiographically tinged book is full of vignette realizations, beautiful scenery, and amazing adventures by a narrator you'd kill to have as a best friend.--Courtney Ferguson<br><br>Houston is a wonderful writer, and her graceful vignettes are by turns beautiful, slyly funny and heart-stopping.--Rebecca Barry<br><br>If [Houston's] unlucky in love, she's certainly lucky in prose. She makes everyday accidental details of nature fly vividly off the page.--Alan Cheuse<br><br>True to its title, each snippet harbors small dips and rises that add up to cumulative wisdom by book's end, and a satisfying arc of anecdote that makes a convincing whole.--Ben Fulton<br>

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