Join us in welcoming local author and teacher Nancy Canyon to the Readings Gallery to celebrate her new book, Struck: A Season on a Fire Lookout.

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In 1971, Nancy Nelson and her husband Jack, were hired as fire lookout attendants in the Clearwater National Forest of Idaho. Like other women of the times, Nancy wanted to be taken seriously. She also wants a child. In this coming-of-age story, the reader remains enthralled to the last page.

Set during the heyday of drugs, sex, and rock ‘n’ roll, Nancy Nelson and her young husband, Jack, take a job as fire lookout attendants on Corral Hill, a 6,000’ mountain located in the vast Clearwater National Forest of Idaho. As Nancy keeps firewatch, every emotion leftover from growing up with abuse is exacerbated by solitude, frightening lightning storms, wildfires, natural phenomenon, and the demands of her young husband. In this coming-of-age story, the reader remains enthralled to the last page.

Nancy Canyon is a writing coach for The Narrative Project, an instructor for Chuckanut Writers, and teaches art and writing privately. She is also a member of Women Painters of Washington. She lives near Lake Whatcom in Bellingham, Washington, with her husband, Ron Pattern and their dog, Lucy. Women's Bodies, Women's Words (anthology), Celia's Heaven (novel), Saltwater (poetry), and Dark Forest (stories) can be purchased at villagebooks.com. For more about Ms. Canyon, see https://www.nancycanyon.com