{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-fire-by-angela-pelster","title":"The Evolution of Fire by Angela Pelster","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"summary-first\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product--variation-field--variation_field_body__2966 clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field__item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 National Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatie Couric Media\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSummer Reading Selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Evolution of Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis stunningly written—vivid in imagery, in the braiding together of language, and in the honoring of every person it shines a light on.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere’s Always This Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrisis is an agent of evolution, and Angela Pelster knows what it means to evolve. As a child, she burned grass to keep weeds at bay and watched tadpoles transform. She basked in the warmth of her father’s love but was burned by his rage, and she witnessed a sudden, unnamable change occur in her older sister after an encounter with a stranger in a white van. In adulthood, she survived the explosion of her marriage, the destruction of her burning home, and a year spent as the single mother of a toddler without a home of their own. And like us all, she has weathered the upheaval of our current atmosphere—political instability, climate change, mass extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut in spite of the world’s violence, Pelster manages to remain open to its beauty, deciding not to resist change, but to give herself over to it and let evolution make her into a new animal. She plumbs the depths of ancestral knowledge to uncover the scale of our ancient capacity for adaptation, from humankind’s early harnessing of fire to the grandmothers responsible for our continued existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeditative and curious, pulsing with fascination, fear, and the untamable human spirit,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Evolution of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtemplates who we are now and what we still might become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57555931955366,"sku":"9781639551231","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/EvolutionOfFire_300dpi_RGB.jpg?v=1790974142","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/the-evolution-of-fire-by-angela-pelster","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}