Tempered With Fire

About the Book

My memoir, Tempered By Fire, begins with an accident. I was seriously burned; it changed my life, but ultimately for the better. I then proceed chronologically: childhood in a small town on the plains, college, marriage, children, Ph.D. at 50, career, divorce, love relationships, eventual reconciliation with my husband. I retire to a farm and work to restore it to native forest. Comments from readers: The author, “comes across as likable, trustworthy, funny and charming; also self-deprecating and honest, quite deep.” “ The arc of her life is remarkable, with surprises around every corner, a great story.”

About the Author

Barbara Knox has published articles, poems, essays and a series of newspaper column on ecological issues. She received the Ruth Strang Research Award for Trends in Counseling Women, published as a monograph. She has won poetry prizes and published a book of her poems, The Limberlost. She retired from her career as a clinical psychologist to her farm, where she renovated its 1850 house and gardened organically. She and her son are restoring her 145 acre farm to native forest. In her retirement community, she resumed writing and was most recently published in the Little Patuxent Review.