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Less than a month before her 40th birthday, a devastating firestorm destroys Risa Nye's home and neighborhood in Oakland, California. Already mourning the perceived loss of her youth, she now must face the loss of all tangible reminders of who she was before. There Was a Fire Here is the story of how Nye adjusts to the turning point that will forever mark the "before and after" in her life -- and a chronicle of her attempts to honor the lost symbols of her past even as she struggles to create a new home for her family.
About the Author
Risa Nye lives and writes in Oakland,CA. Her essays and articles have appeared in a number of local,national,and online publications and anthologies,including Fine Homebuilding, The San Francisco Chronicle, Skirt!Magazine,You and Me Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine, Chicken Soup and Not Your Mother's Books, and Oh Sandy! She is co-editor of Writin' on Empty: Parents Reveal the Upside, Downside, and Everything in Between When Children Leave the Nest. She earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Saint Mary's College. Currently,she blogs at www.risanye.com and writes a semimonthly column about cocktails under the name of Ms. Barstool for Berkeleyside.com. Her eBook is called Zero to Sixty in One Year: An Easy Month-by-Month Guide to Writing Your Life Story. Her memoir, about the Oakland Hills firestorm that destroyed her home and her neighborhood, is called There Was a Fire Here (She Writes Press) . She hopes you'll enjoy reading it.
