Fire in the Canyon Audiobook

A new novel from National Book Award nominee Daniel Gumbiner about a California grapegrower his family and the climate disaster that upends their quiet lives

Since his release from prison after serving an eighteenmonth sentence for growing cannabis Ben Hechts life has settled into a familiar routine On his farm in the foothills of California he stays busy cultivating a dozen acres of grapes and tending to a flock of mistrustful sheep Meanwhile from her desk in their old redwood barn his novelist wife Ada continues to work on what may be her most important book yet When their only son Yoel comes home from Los Angeles for a rare visit Ben is forced to confront their troubled relationship which has continued to degrade in recent years But before the two of them can truly address their past a wildfire sweeps through the region forcing the Hecht family to flee to the coast and setting into motion a chain of events that will transform them all

This is a story about grape growing and wine financial and familial struggles and the peculiar characters and unlikely heroes one will always find in smalltown California Through the experiences of the Hechts and the escalating challenges that face their community Fire in the Canyon is an intimate look at the lives of those already living through the climate crisis