Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker

by Kathleen Hale

Book Overview

In six wide-ranging essays, Kathleen Hale traces some of the most treacherous fault lines in modern America--from sexual assault to Internet trolling, from environmental illness to our own animal nature. In these thought-provoking stories of predators and prey, Hale proves herself to be an exhilarating new voice whose writing is both fearless and profound.

In "First I Got Pregnant. Then I Decided to Kill the Mountain Lion," Hale recounts the month she spent tracking a wild cat lost in the Hollywood Hills while pregnant; in "Prey," she tells the troubling story of her sexual assault as a freshman in college; other essays recount the mesmerizing stories of a trip to hunt wild hogs in Florida, and a standoff with an anonymous blogger. Taking no prisoners and fearing no subject matter, Kathleen Hale wields razor-sharp wit, uncommon levels of empathy, and daring honesty, even in detailing some of the most difficult moments of her life.

Outlandish, candid, and sometimes unsettling, Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker introduces an arresting new voice for this strange American century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802129099
• ISBN13: 9780802129093
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

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Kathleen Hale is a Crazy Stalker is my absolute favorite book. Each essay held my attention and had me thinking deeply about my own life and the lives of those around me. There are sad undertones in all six of her essays, but Hale masterfully weaves light and perseverance into them creating a beautifully detailed collection that every woman should read.