Where the Air Grows Thin: Memoir of a Mountaineer

For readers of Cheryl Strayed and Anthony Doerr, a lyrical adventure memoir tracing one woman’s Seven Summits quest while caring for her mother through ALS—a story of endurance, love, and the cost of coming home changed.

When Nicole LoBiondo set out to climb the Seven Summits—the highest mountain on every continent—she never imagined that her hardest climb would be the one waiting at home.

As Nicole pushes through extreme expeditions—from Antarctica’s frozen plateau to the thin air of Everes...