7/5/2023 0 Comments Deep creek novel![]() They didn’t like it, and we didn’t know what to do.” “It just sat there flat on the page,” she said. Houston wrote the book, but no one liked it. “It was going to be about baling hay, birthing lambs, sub-zero temperatures and the return of the bluebirds.” “It was going to be all Colorado all the time,” Houston said. The publisher agreed, and they began to joke the book would be called “A Year in Provence in Colorado.” The book addresses her abusive childhood, climate change and adjusting to her life on a 120-acre ranch in the Colorado mountains. “Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country” is a new memoir by former Parkite Pam Houston. The book’s direction changed as Houston, a professor of English at UC Davis, was driving home with her dogs to Colorado after spending a semester in California. ![]() So I made a long list that I wanted to do.” ![]() “I love adventure, and I was all into that. “My publisher asked if I could think about a book-length adventure - like mushing dogs at the North Pole or sailing along the coast of Turkey - that I could do and write about,” Houston said. ![]() Registration: /events/one-book-one-community-2020-pam-houstonįormer Parkite Pam Houston says her memoir, “Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country,” which is this year’s One Book, One Community selection, wasn’t supposed to be about living on a 120-acre ranch in Colorado, her abusive childhood or her bad choices in men. What: One Book, One Community discussion with Pam Houston hosted by the Park City Library, The Summit County Library, Dolly’s Bookstore and Utah Humanities ![]()
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