Weather Woman, Cai Emmons
Weather Woman, Cai Emmons
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Weather Woman

Author: Cai Emmons

Narrator: Dara Rosenberg

Unabridged: 13 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/09/2018


Synopsis

30-year-old Bronwyn Artair, feeling out of place in her doctoral program in Atmospheric Sciences at MIT, drops out and takes a job as a TV meteorologist, much to the dismay of her mentor, Diane Fenwick. After a year of living alone in Southern New Hampshire, enduring the indignities of her job, dumped by her boyfriend, she discovers her deep connection to the natural world has given her an ability to affect natural forces. When she finally accepts she really possesses this startling capability, she must then negotiate a new relationship to the world. Who will she tell? Who will believe her? Most importantly, how will she put this new skill of hers to use? As she seeks answers to these questions, she travels to Kansas to see the tornado maverick she worships; falls in love with Matt, the tabloid journalist who has come to investigate her; visits fires raging out of control in Los Angeles; and eventually voyages with Matt and Diane to the methane fields of Siberia. A woman experiencing power for the first time in her life, she must figure out what she can do for the world without hurting it further. The story poses questions about science and intuition, women and power, and what the earth needs from humans.

About Cai Emmons

Cai Emmons is the author of the novels His Mother’s Son and The Stylist and, most recently, Weather Woman. A graduate of Yale University, with MFAs from New York University and the University of Oregon, Cai is formerly a playwright and screenwriter. Her short work has appeared in such publications as TriQuarterly, Narrative, and Arts and Culture, among others. She teaches in the University of Oregon’s Creative Writing Program.


Reviews

Realistic and fantastical individual and ecological interconnectedness (New England, Midwest, Southern, and Western US, a South Pacific island, Australia, Brazil, and the Arctic; contemporary timeframe): Cai Emmons is an extraordinary wordsmith who’s created a two-book series on the magical powers o......more

Goodreads review by Jim

I very much enjoyed this book. The writing is top notch. I've read some of the lower-rated reviews; they merely remind me that there is a wide range of tastes and no one book can appeal to them all. I found the protagonist Bronwyn a compelling, albeit weird, character. I did not find it hard to give......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa

Cai Eamons has an important story to tell. I so appreciated the deep and beautiful descriptions of our “best places”. She is also adept in describing intimate interior landscapes and complex relationships. I’m recommending this to everyone.......more