Книга Weather Woman
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.
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To say I loved Weather Woman is an understatement. Full of amazing science, and even more amazing characters, it's the kind of book you want to press into the hands of everyone you meet because you need them to read it so you all can obsess and talk about it.
—Caroline Leavitt, author of the New York Times bestselling Pictures of You
A riveting tug-of-war between science and intuition, doubt and belief, impending devastation and the hope of survival. Even the most rational among us will find wisdom here, wonder, and truth.
—Eileen Pollack, author of A Perfect Life
Bronwyn, the central character in Cai Emmons’ novel Weather Woman, comes face-to-face with extreme weather, fire, ice, and the complex social psychology of climate change discourse. As a TV meteorologist she is pressed to lighten up and spin the weather in feel-good ways, reflecting the mainstream media’s tendency to deny the inconvenient challenge of climate change. The Siberian tundra is brought suspensefully into focus, and throughout the novel the writing allows us to feel the emotional intensity that comes with connecting with the wild power of nature. It’s a welcome feeling in a world being increasingly held captive by climate change. Oh, how I have sometimes wished that I could control the weather! Think of the good I might do by intervening in human-driven climate change.
—Jason Box, glaciologist and climatologist, dubbed “The Ice Maverick” by Rolling Stone
Weather Woman tells the utterly absorbing story of a failed graduate student who goes from reporting the weather - she’s a singing meterologist - to having a much more complicated relationship with it. As Bronwyn gradually discovers her powers, she also struggles to use them responsibly. In doing so, she finds herself arguing with sceptics and believers alike. Cai Emmons has written a deeply fascinating and extremely timely novel.
—Margot Livesey
Weather Woman is an extraordinary novel that reveals the complicated social psychology of climate change discourse. Cai Emmons took the time to discuss the challenges she faced while writing this book, her views on the role literature plays in raising awareness about climate action, and what she hopes her readers will do to actively fight the permanent, ongoing, and inescapable environmental crises facing us all.
—Madeleine Brand
Young Bronwyn Artair is a reluctant doctoral student in the atmospheric-sciences department at MIT. Despite reassurances from her mentor and adviser, Diane Fenwick, Bronwyn is convinced she is not cut out for graduate school and decides to become a meteorologist instead. Soon, however, Bronwyn discovers that she can do more than just report the weather: she can actually change it. As global warming threatens the world, such a person would be valuable currency, but Bronwyn must first learn to wield her powers safely and, second, convince skeptical scientists to believe her. Emmons paints a convincing portrait of a young woman on the cusp of self-discovery.
— Poornima Apte
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Since I began devising a playlist for Weather Woman, I have not been able to stop. I hear threads of relevance everywhere. The 20 tracks I have finally settled on speak to me in different ways, some primarily for the thematic content of their lyrics, some for their driving rhythms, some for their intense longing.
—Cai Emmons on her playlist for Weather Woman
Article about 6 books with female leads with superpowers (including Weather Woman)
—Cai Emmons for Electric Literature
Author is featured in two Staff Top Picks Lists compiled by Eugene Weekly. https://www.eugeneweekly.com/2018/12/13/winter-reading-top-ten-lists/
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Artists & Climate Change Interview
Andy Davis from Eco-Fiction recently interviewed Cai Emmons author of Weather Woman. Davis asks Emmons about her inspirations and knowledge needed to write about the character in the story. Davis also asks about Emmons' writing process; you can read about that and the rest of the interview here. Eco-Fiction Interview
ForeWord Interview with Cai Emmons and Tammy Lynne Stoner
Burning Worlds Interview
Book Club Babble Interview
Five Questions with Cai Emmons Interview
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