Author Description

Along the Continental Divide, high in the San Juan Mountains where the Rio Grande is born, lies a wilderness as proud and strong-willed as the woman who chose to build a life there. Here unfolds the story of this woman, her son, horses, and a mountain-and the man who rides with them into a life where no one has lived before. In this country where winters are harsh, wild, and remote, author Gin Getz learns to bend and grow within the trust of shared isolation. Parallel with the story of living on the mountain is a darker tale of heartbreak that threatens to tear apart their attachment to the wilderness. Gin lives under a dark cloud as her husband's family disintegrates over issues of pride and ownership; a story rarely told but so common throughout the West. Along the way, Gin's readers enter a world of deep beauty, fresh perceptions, simple humor and breath-taking writing as The Color of the Wild unfolds, season by season, through one year on the mountain