Bozeman Magazine

Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome Montana author Cara Chamberlain, author of the new book From Peaks to Prairie: The Gifts of Walking in an Anxious Life, on Thursday, October 22 at 6pm.

Tickets are not required but RSVPs are always appreciated! Please RSVP by reserving a free general admission ticket at Eventbrite.

The event at a glance:

• On October 22, please arrive early to secure your seat. Seating is general admission, first come, first served.
• At 6pm, the event will begin. The author will take audience questions following the program.
• After the talk, the author will sign books.

Can't attend in person? Order signed copies on our website or by calling (406) 587-0166. Signing requests must be placed 24 hours before the event and can only be taken for books we currently have on our shelves. 

ABOUT FROM PEAKS TO PRAIRIE: THE GIFTS OF WALKING IN AN ANXIOUS LIFE

Along twenty-nine trails near Yellowstone National Park, Cara Chamberlain leads readers on a journey of perseverance, drawing lessons from human and natural history. She reflects on being diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and explores how walking helps manage anxiety, opening rich pathways of perception.

In From Peaks to Prairie, Chamberlain examines her personal life, family history, and struggles as she encounters animals and plants of Montana and Wyoming. Each essay is an episode mingling the past with the present, combining sightings of bears, birds, and wildflowers with memories of her Utah childhood and family. She observes, “I walk. It’s the way I’ve found not to eliminate GAD and OCD, as I used to long to do, but to live with them.” Mountains and prairies offer strength and nurture those who need them. It is on their paths that Chamberlain finds clarity.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cara Chamberlain is the author of several books of poetry, including the recent chapbook To Gaze Upon Their Loveliness. Her writing has appeared in many publications, including the Boston Review, Great Plains Quarterly, and The Southern Review, among others. She lives and works as a freelance editor in Billings, Montana.