The Secret Life of a Scientist at the End of the World

The Secret Life of a Scientist at the End of the World

Photo by Sarah Boon | Story edited by Lynne Peskoe-Yang My book, Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist, comes out this week, six years after I started writing it. It’s about my time as a female academic scientist traveling to remote field locations, and the illness that cut my career short. This Narratively Classic was critical for my book, as I drew heavily on its content and style to create a world that readers could understan…