Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West

by Kelly Ramsey

In the exhilarating spirit of Wild and A Walk in the Park, an adventure-filled memoir of one woman’s struggle to succeed as a wildland firefighter on an elite, male-dominated crew as they battle some of the fiercest wildfires in the West.

When Kelly Ramsey drives over a California mountain pass to join an elite firefighting crew, she’s terrified that she won’t be able to keep up with the intense demands of the job. Not only will she be the only woman on this hotshot crew and their first in ten years, she’ll also be among the oldest. As she trains relentlessly to overcome the crew’s skepticism and gain their respect, megafires erupt across the West, posing an increasing danger both on the job and back home. In vivid prose that evokes the majesty of Northern California’s forests, Kelly takes us on the ground to see how major wildfires are fought and to lay bare the psychological toll, the bone-deep weariness, and the unbreakable camaraderie that emerge in the face of nature’s fury.

Despite the wear and tear of her rookie year in fire, Kelly gears up for a second season, determined to prove that not only can a woman survive this work, she can excel. But when her plans to marry her partner start to crumble and sparks fly with a fellow crew member, Kelly wrestles with whether she’s truly outgrown the self-destructive patterns she’s learned from her father, whose drinking and itinerant ways haunt her. And as the season wears on, she discovers how tenuous “belonging” can be amid ever-changing crew dynamics.

In this vivid, visceral, and intimate memoir, Kelly wrestles with the immense power of fire for both destruction and renewal, confronted with the Which fires do you fight, and which do you let burn you clean?

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Nature, Audiobook, Biography, Biography Memoir, Autobiography

352 pages, Hardcover

Published June 17, 2025

About the author

Kelly Ramsey was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. She studied poetry at the University of Virginia and fiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She cofounded The Lighthouse Works, an artists’ residency program, and later moved to Northern California, where she worked for the US Forest Service as a trail maintenance worker, wilderness ranger, and wildland firefighter. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Sierra, Electric Literature, and the anthology Letter to a Stranger. She lives in Redding, California, with her partner, their daughter, and their dog, Rookie.

Reviews

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

This memoir details working as a hotshot and being a woman. Oh, and also being about a decade or so older than most hotshots. Kelly Ramsey found solace in pushing her body beyond the limits in physically. She combined her love of working outdoors with fighting fire and the elite hotshots were perfect for her for going the extra.

The book covered not only fighting fires, but also her relationship at the time and her father who was an alcoholic. book we have Ramsey’s personal life, such as her relationship Josh who was also a firefighter, but not a hotshot. We also get extensive details about her father and growing up. These personal details does make her a more fuller person on the page. Certainly being away from home for weeks at a time doing exhausting work takes a toll on relationships. It’s an unusual job from the regular 9-5 where you come home every day.

The subtitle implies some focus on the “burning American West” but that was only incidental as they were the fires Ramsey and her crew were battling. There was one fire she didn’t fight and that was one that threatened her home at the time. But there was little information about fire in general, just sparse moments.

This seems to be my year of reading these types of books, the second for a memoir of being a hotshot, and a fictional tale of a fire that blows-up written in the 1940s. I have another book or two on my docket of fire related books, next one is another woman hotshot. I’m interested in how their stories compare.


Book rating: 3.75 stars


Thanks to Scribner and NetGalley for an uncorrected electronic advance review copy of this book. However, I listened to a published audiobook copy of the book.

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

While a little slow to start, I eventually found myself completely wrapped up in Kelly Ramsey’s story, rooting for her and her hotshot crew. I appreciated how honest she was in her writing, not glossing over the rough edges of her life. It’s a compelling story, that grapples with a lot of issues all of us deal with, even if we’re not firefighters about love and family and home and one I would definitely recommend.

I actually upped my star rating on this one because I finished it early this morning and just cannot stop thinking about it. It resonated with me in a way that a memoir hasn’t in a long time and while Ramsey and I have very different lives, I still felt so connected to her experience and to me, that’s what makes a truly excellent memoir.

Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for the advance copy.

Pub date: June 17, 2025

[Cindy Burnett (Thoughts from a Page) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile] · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kelly Ramsey joins a hotshot crew in northern California. She's the first woman on her team in a decade, and, at thirty-eight, one of the oldest members.

I read this book in one day.

Yeah, I can't believe it either.

There are a lot of really hard moments in this book, and Ramsey lays it all out, and I mean all out, to the point where I was like, "woman, why are you CONFESSING THIS."

In many ways, it reminded me a lot of Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience, with a lot of the same self-destructive spirals, being the lone (or one of two) women in an high-speed, low-drag all-male environment, and no-holds-barred storytelling.

Anywho, if you're interested in what it's like being a member of a hotshot team, this is a great read.

[Edward Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely page turning! Kind of book I sit down and read in a single sitting. I laughed, I cried a lil and I felt like I was right there with her on a fire. Highly recommend.

[Lckeller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC in exchange for my review. This book was published June 17, 2025. I read about it in the LA Times and the title really piqued my interest. I was happy to see it was available on NetGalley and was thrilled when I got a copy.

The story alternates between Kelly’s time on a Hotshot crew during Covid (she joined when she was 38!) and her life before she started fighting wildfires.

There are lots of details and descriptions of the technical aspects and physical and emotional challenges of fighting wildfires. Other themes include: family relationships, friendship, love, and nature.

“Nature was always there for me, at least. Nature didn’t judge, control or abandon you.”

“I felt as if I, too, might finally let go, lift off, become and disappear into light.”

“Here was the secret I kept stumbling upon: that our deepest wounds were the fertile soil of our growth. New life tended to spring from bitterest ash.”

“Fire made me strong enough to confront the flames — and to face ordinary life.”

Kelly Ramsey is definitely a badass. This book is proof of it.

[Katy O. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riveting account of a woman’s experience as a hotshot firefighter combined with personal stories of her romantic and family relationships. Personally I was in it solely for the hotshot content (which I devoured), but other than some quibbles I had with the timeline, the personal stuff fit in well.

Source: purchased Kindle edition

[Linda (The Arizona Bookstagrammer) · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Thank you @scribnerbooks #simonandschusterpartner #ScribnerInfluencer and Kelly Ramsey @kellylynnramsey for the free book for review."
“Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West” by Kelly Ramsey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Adventure Memoir. Location: Northern California, USA.

Kelly Ramsey drives over a California mountain pass to join an elite, all male, macho firefighting crew. She’s terrified she can’t keep up with the job’s intense demands. She’s the only woman on this hotshot crew in 10 years-she’s also among the oldest. In her rookie year, she trains hard to overcome the crew’s skepticism and gain their respect. Meanwhile, megafires erupt across the West. In her 2nd year, Kelly’s works on the self-destructive patterns learned from her hard-drinking, itinerant father. And she discovers how tenuous “belonging” can be amid ever-changing crew dynamics.

Author Ramsey has written a harrowing account of the culture of firefighting in the American West-it’s a wild, dangerous world! In vivid detail, she recounts her struggles as a hotshot firefighter battling some of the fiercest fires in the West. Ramsey puts us on the ground to show how major wildfires are fought and the psychological toll they take. If you liked “Wild or “A Walk in the Park”, this book is right up your alley! It’s compelling, heartfelt, uplifting, and it’s 5 stars from me🌵📚💁🏼‍♀️🎀 #WildfireDays #kellyramseyauthor

[Jared · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Truly five stars, best memoir I have read all year and one of the best all time. I found Ramsey incredibly honest and raw. The way she intertwines her stories of incredible valor on the HotShot Crew, with incredible personal heartache from home life was beautiful to read. I found her very relatable as an outsider in an Alpha dominated realm, but loved how she brought out the heart in everyone on her crew. She described her experience in a male dominated workforce matter of factly not seeking sympathy, but with the intent of allowing others to empathize and understand the unique challenges of being a woman on HotShot crew. A book I will want my daughters to read one day. She reminded me of other women I have had the honor of working with. Five stars would recommend!

[Chispita Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 this had so much potential but went progressively downhill with each chapter. i greatly appreciate ramsey for her work with fighting fires, for writing this book and trying to be unbiased, and for the incredible difficulties of her life. however, i dont think this book was very well written- i didnt like the abrupt jumps from present to far past to nearish past? they were very hard to follow even in print. I also expected there to be some bigger theme or deeper story here and other than general personal growth and realizing she’s better off alone, it really just was a straightforward recounting of two years of fire service, which to me is not enough for a whole novel. I didn’t find solidarity in her depictions of women’s issues because of the way she hid them and the way she embraced the toxicity of the male dominated culture (to survive? to thrive?) how much of that was bc she was a “cool girl”? how much of that was bc she was an overachiever who did her job and then some? and how much was actually bc she was a good firefighter? it made me whiplashed to feel how i liked and then hated the men, for their sweetness and then for their blatant childishness and misogyny. Is this good reporting? maybe, but there wasn’t enough nuance or growth to fully appreciate it by the end. halfway through, when year one was over i could say that i was feeling something profound about her having won them over and not having to have changed too much of who she was, but then year two came and it was awful. addison came on the crew and kelly was an absolute passive aggressive bitch to her, not a glowing mentor like she acted like or said she would be, but a pull the ladder up behind me brat. and while her narration includes all her inner turmoil, it wasnt accompanied by enough action or description to make me believe her. blowout fight but the next day we’re taking pics together 💁‍♀️ i dont have enough space left to get into her relationship bullshit but my god how draining the entire book. you dont like josh hes a dick to you move on end of story. it was honestly very cognitively dissonant for her to act so strong and brave but then be so mewling and subservient to literally every man she came across.

[Josephine · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author has a cool story to tell. I enjoyed reading it.

My critiques: I found that there were many characters, and a lot of them were easy to confuse—a couple were distinctive but others sort of blended together and names (“my friend so and so”) would be referenced with no context. There was also a lot of technical terminology that wasn’t always well-defined.
The book went back and forth between ‘cool story of being a hotshot firefighter’ and ‘what it’s like to be the only woman on a hotshot crew.’ Both of these were interesting but it sometimes felt random when reading about a fire to suddenly be informed that the author got her period. It felt a bit out of place, but maybe that was the effect she was going for; a sense of not belonging and things men didn’t have to deal with being jarring. Not sure.

All in all, I found this a really interesting and well-written memoir. I recommend if you’re curious about wildfire firefighting.

Quotes I liked:
“Jumpers are the surfers of fire, cooler than you and giving of almost no fucks.” (242)
“Silly as it sounds, I recalled how much I loved…the earth? I learned or rediscovered that I was happiest outside, wt home in the woods and mountains, by a creek or lake, in any kind of trail. The outdoors liberated me from my neuroses and relieved the pressure to perform. Natur was an unconditional, accepting mother; you could show up a hot mess, and she would take you in.” (250)
“you have to believe people when they tell you about themselves. Especially if they’re telling you their shortcomings.” (294)
“Of course, standing up could leave you standing by yourself.” (322)
“Their assurances helped, but you should always suspect yourself when you go looking for validation in more than one place. I needed friends to buoy me up because Addison’s words had hit close to home.” (322)

[Bonnie E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Total respect for people who take on jobs like fighting fires, fighting crime, putting themselves in danger so the rest of us can be safer. Consequently, I found this to be a really interesting memoir about the author’s experiences as a member of a hotshot wildfire crew out west. In her rookie year, she’s the lone woman in a hotshot crew of twenty, and in her second year, she’s one of two women, along with twenty men. In her late thirties, she’s also one of the oldest. Age and gender separate her from the pack but she works exceedingly hard to be accepted as one of the guys. She’s a total bad ass and brutally honest about her life, almost cringeworthy in what she shares, but in doing so, helps in our understanding of the choices she’s made and how she moves forward.

The work done by these crews is gritty, tough, incredibly demanding, dangerous. All respect to the crews who get out there and do this day in and day out.

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you Scribner for my advance #gifted copy. My thoughts are my own.

It is apt to compare Ramsey's writing style in her memoir of her time on the elite firefighting crew as "NPR-like with an intensely personal touch." She knows how to weave a yarn. It's a memoir, sure, but also could be seen as a touchstone for those who are navigating family and other trauma. Ramsey sees sides of herself during that time as being self-destructive and alone, addicted to adrenaline, but also aching for love and belonging. And she does prove that she belongs! Environmental degradation has wreaked havoc the world over, but I know from personal experience how horrific the wildfires in California can be--and this account only supports that further. Ramsey has done her research in addition to the first-hand experience she earned in her work as not only a firefighter, but also in various other work in the US Forest Service. The result: gorgeous descriptions of that part of the world. Also, there's so much about gender that remains unobserved or unexamined in our lives as humans, but Ramsey doesn't shy from that either in recounting her deeply personal story in such a way that makes it all seem so obvious. This was funny and deep and tragic and inspiring. I loved it, and I am adding it to the shopping list for gifts now.

[Alexandria · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like this was just .. young? maybe that's on me- but I didn't expect someone in their late thirties have the same life issues/identity crisis as someone in their early adulthood. i just felt like some of these problems were what many of us face, but she used this as her therapy to tell her side of the story and it just wasn't what I was looking for. I hope she gained a lot by writing and reflecting on this, but I did not gain much reading it.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kelly Ramsey so accurately portrays a life in wildland firefighting. I’ve been in her shoes in so many ways and I really appreciate the way she was able to put words to it all. I couldn’t put this book down. “Wisdom might be knowing which is the fire you keep, which one you fight, and which you have to let go.”

[Ellie Price · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am surprised at how much I loved this book. It turns out I knew nothing about hotshots and fighting wildfire and that part alone was fascinating. Kelly’s perspective as a woman and honesty about her experience was really interesting. Less memoir, though she talks about her early life a bit, and more a snapshot of the two years she was a hotshot. I hope she writes more, I really enjoyed it.

[Carla · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have lots of thoughts after reading this book. Full review to come closer to pub day.

[Julia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ramsey really might be the most unbelievably self-centered pick-me I’ve encountered in any media.

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

✨4 stars✨

[Lauren Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

a little slow at the start but really good! hard to write a book like this without being annoying and i think she did a great job

[Paige Peploe · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a world of ever changing climate, the increased severity in natural disasters is something that shakes me to my core. Devastating floods, record breaking hurricanes, and massive tornadoes rip through fly over towns and leave communities to reckon with the damage. I’ve always been most interested in wildfires; like many, I’ve stared into tiny campfire flames knowing the destruction they could cause if unleashed. Even living in New Jersey, we’ve had our fair share of wildfires in the past few years (luckily with little damage to structures) and watched firsthand as smoke made its way 850 miles from Canada to the NYC metro area. The fires in LA a few months ago were a wake up call to many, but raging wildfires were nothing new for Kelly Ramsey.

Ramsey’s memoir Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West is a personal look into the life of a female firefighter working on a hotshot crew, a group of highly trained firefighters who battle wildfire flames on the frontlines. As the only female on the squad in her inaugural year, Ramsey navigates group relationships, brutal physical work, and how to become “one of the guys” while balancing being a woman in a male-dominated industry. The book is also told in tandem with Ramsey’s life growing up across the country with an alcoholic father and how that relationship informs the way she tackles fire and the limits of physical endurance.

I found this story to be incredibly inspiring, and it had me doing a lot of reflection on my own strength, both physical and mental. A lot of Ramsey’s crew members describe her as a “bad ass,” and while there’s no doubt about that, I give all of those firefighters so much credit for putting their lives on the line to save our houses and businesses, especially knowing how much they get paid to do the job. Highly recommend this read!

*Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for exchanging an e-ARC of this book for an unbiased review!

[Julie Golin · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Since childhood I’d been looking for a family. Here, against all odds, I had found one.”

Kelly Ramsey’s story is a page turner. The kind of book you want to settle into and read in a single sitting.

As the only female in the male-dominated world of hotshots her rookie year on a crew (and one of only two her second year), Ramsey’s raw, yet rich writing, had me right there on the line beside her.

The daughter of an alcoholic, this is an impactful story about defining one’s self and finding your way, without falling victim to the fire.

4.5 rounded up.

[Megs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazingly honest and well written book. Highly recommend.

As a former female firefighter myself- I rarely read/watch anything about firefighting as a female that is accurate or done well. This book has achieved the very rare feet of doing them both - accurate and extremely well written. Kelly's raw honesty combined with her amazing writing style has created something quite special. A page turner, a journey into a world most no little about, but above all - a good story well told.

[Sondra · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun read! Kelly paints a deeply moving picture of the challenges that women face in a male dominated workforce, as well as beautifully depicts the issues related to simply living on the west coast during this time and living through wildfires. Anyone can connect with her story here -she does a deep dive into the vulnerability of a human trying something new. A must read!

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I had known, abstractly, that this was a dangerous job, but so far it had all been a training exercise. Now I felt the reality of the risk: annihilation hovered nearby, close and tangible, for the first time in my life. Death’s menace would become so familiar, though, that like everyone else, I would almost cease to notice his cold breath on my neck.”

Last in my summer Non-Fiction reading series was this new memoir describing what it was like for the author to be a woman on a hotshot fire crew in 2020/21.“Hotshot crews are physically and operationally intense…These crews tackle the most difficult and remote parts of wildfires, doing the hardest manual labor and hiking deep into the wilderness to places other crews can’t or won’t go. All wildland firefighters are tough, but hotshots have a reputation for being among the toughest.”

Ramsey described her struggles – not just the physical ones, but in striving to be accepted as an equal contributor as the only woman on the crew (her second year, a second woman joined the crew, presenting a different set of challenges). She was also a decade older than most of her crew members. Interspersed with the descriptions of the fires tackled by the hotshots were reflections of how her childhood and being the child of an alcoholic father shaped her into the person she became. Ramsey also describes her fraught relationship with Josh, to whom she was engaged. She teases the reader with who her partner is now, but does not reveal who that partner is.

Ramsey’s descriptions of hotshot crews and what they did were, out of necessity, technical, but she does a credible job of explaining these things. I found myself skimming over some of these details; a general understanding was enough to appreciate what these crews did. I found her description of “good fire” as a way to manage fire’s unchecked destruction interesting; it was not the first time I have read about this. “So fire was made the enemy for over a hundred years. As a consequence, U.S. forests became unnaturally overgrown. Meanwhile, the population exploded, pushing housing close to the woods and driving up global temperatures.”

If Ramsey had included photos, it would have made the book even more relatable to the reader, but I appreciated her unvarnished look at her life, her choices, and her struggles.

[Bookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saw this at random and thought it would be an interesting read. With the stories of wildfires becoming increasingly dangerous plus with the general conditions these firefighters face, this seemed like an interesting pick. Ramsey gives us both a memoir of herself in her younger years as well as her specific times of being a wildland firefighter.

Weaving between the past and "present," Ramsey talks about her childhood and how she ended up on this crew. Coming from a home with an absent dad, Ramsey drifts along in life until she ends up working these wildfires. It is a male-dominated field where the dangerous are ever present. And that's not only about the wildfires themselves, but rather how and why she ended up in this line of work, too.

Overall, it was okay. She has a good voice and I thought the story interesting, but I did not care for the weaving between timelines (and actually found her younger years more interesting than working on the hotshot crews). Maybe because the "present" had too much interpersonal drama (emotional/physical infidelity, whether Ramsey tried too much to be like "one of the guys" to support another woman, and whether she belongs, etc.) It was interesting to read the toll the job took on her, an how she ended up with an autoimmune disease (given the stress and the toll of the job, it wasn't a surprise!) that ended her time working on wildfires.

I think it was interesting, if only for a voice "from the inside" and informative just for that but if you're just a casual reader with no specific interest in this area, it's probably skippable. If you have an interest in reading about women in male-dominated fields, hotshot crew dealing with wildfires, etc. this wouldn't be a bad pick.

Borrowed from the library and that was best for me.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ruthless. I once read that writers needed to be ruthless. And in her memoir Wildfire Days, Kelly Ramsey is ruthless in her self disclosure, making for engrossing reading.

The daughter of an alcoholic, Kelly flitted from lover to lover and job to job. When she decided to become a hotshot–a wildfire fighter–she was thirty-eight years old. Kelly pushed herself to meet the rigorous standards, competing with men who were bigger and stronger. Running uphill with sixty-five pounds of equipment exhilarated her. Working non-stop in heat and smoke for thirty hour days exhausted her, but gave her satisfaction. The only woman on the crew, Kelly was determined to prove herself worthy of being with the team.

Kelly thrived on pushing herself hard. Meanwhile, she was doubting her relationship and realized she had feelings for a man on the team.

It wasn’t fire that was hard; it was ordinary life. from Wildfire Days by Kelly Ramsey

Between hair-raising descriptions of firefighting and revealing her backstory, Kelly informs about the cause of wildfires. The Indigenous people understood that controlled burns cleared away fuel that could feed massive fires, while European immigrants from wetter climes dismissed the tradition as savage–thereby creating potential disaster.

This stunner of a memoir touches on so many issues, political and personal. I loved it.

Thanks to the publisher for a free book.

[Ann Margolis · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you really try to avoid reading nonfiction,bio or autobiographical books,please give this a try.The author,Kelly Ramsey writes,what I feel,a totally honest book about her somewhat short but beloved job,family,co-workers,past loves and her wanting to be seen by others as more than just another woman trying to get seen for what she really is. As a college graduate she flounders trying to find herself and moves from one thing to another including getting married which didn’t work out for her.Finally finds herself through a love of natue and becomes a Forest Ranger. She decides to get a federal job with an elite group of hotshot firefighters and is hired as the only woman with 19 men and she not having any experience with fires. She does,eventually,gets the respect and love from her brave and hardworking team which she certainly deserves. There are chapters about her family and a father that eventually becomes a hard core alcoholic who destroys himself.There’s a mix of guys,sex,and boyfriends that don’t work out for her.The fire fighting descriptions are excellent and I could visualize most of it.
Thank you Netgalley,publisher,Scriber,and author,Kelly Ramsey for the arc ebook.
On sale, June 17,2025

[Timothy Grubbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some people just want to watch the world burn…but thankfully here are those who work hard to put out the fires blazing all around us…

Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West by Kelly Ramsey is a deeply personal story about a wild land firefighter doing her job…while navigating various relationships (both professional, familial, and personal)…

I enjoyed this a LOT prismrily becuaee of the gritty wild land firefighter knowledge dump…from their training to equipment loads to how they are deployed to respond…

But at the edges and firebreaks of the inferno burning through the narrative is the deeply personal story of a young woman who wants the chance to prove herself…and the teams she worked with that she knew…

The main book is divided into two main parts (or seasons as the author arranges it), and provides plenty of info on the names, roles, and ranks of the various figures we will encounter…

I like firefighter stories, but getting a decent on the ground memoir of a rough period of California firefighter work helps me appreciate their work even more…

Highly recommend for those interested in firefighter writing…

[Jquick99 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the 2nd hot shot book I’ve read this month. Must suddenly be a popular book subject.

Don’t care about the author’s Daddy issues. Ok re some background, but on and on and on and …. Soon just skipped to the next chapter.

The book is informative re hot shot life. I too had a career where I worked a stereotypical “man’s job”…the only woman who worked with rough men. So, I could relate to so much (except F’g a co-worker on a small crew).

The epilogue, besides spending too much time updating us that she doesn’t know where Daddy is, is odd that the author doesn’t update/inform the reader (per her website) that she has a daughter. The book was just published, yet NO mention of even being pregnant. Besides Daddy, the book is also about her love life, yet again in the epilogue, NO mention of who exactly the baby daddy is (even though one can speculate). The author also doesn’t mention what she’s doing now, professionally. However, also looking at her website, she seems to have a career giving speeches/doing a book tour, in fact she’ll be in my town in a few days.