Things I Learned from Falling is a first-person account of survival after a severe fall in Joshua Tree National Park. In 2018 the author fell more than 25 feet, suffered a shattered pelvis and lay immobilized among sun-baked boulders for days before rescue.

Beyond the physical ordeal, the memoir traces the emotional terrain that led to that day and the slow, often painful work of recovery. Themes of solitude, anxiety, memory and self-examination weave through vivid desert scenes and clear-eyed reflection.

Readers drawn to intimate, nature-rooted memoirs will find a candid exploration of resilience and choice, told with spare, physical prose and atmospheric detail.

• Survival and rescue in a harsh desert landscape
• Personal recovery and confronting anxiety
• Nature writing with introspective, reflective tone

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