Turn to Stone

“Weinstein’s poignant writing and vulnerable memoir of self-discovery, forgiveness, and friendship will endear readers, both those who don’t need to hang from stone walls and members of the rock-climbing community who will value the details of each climbing escapade. Weinstein reclaims her spirit, living an authentic life on her own terms.” –Booklist“Weinstein makes a case for stepping radically outside of one’s physical and philosophical comfort zone to find strength and purpose.” – Kirkus Reviews “With prose that seems magic, Emily Meg Weinstein captures the inmost, almost-inexpressible experiences of climbing: those moments of transmutation, high above the ground, of stone into light, air into freedom, body into song.” –Katie Ives, Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams“Turn to Stone marks the arrival of a brave, feminist, seeking, and essential voice in nonfiction. Read this book and be forever changed.” –Emily Rapp Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World and Sanctuary “Turn to Stone may be a book about what Emily gave to climbing, and what climbing gave to her, but it is also about what she gives us, and that is a hell of a lot. As a writer, an athlete, an explorer of peaks and valleys both internal and external, Emily helps us face what scares us most and find the courage to become the people we are meant to be. Her voice is vulnerable, authentic, and wickedly funny. This book will be a fixture in every Sprinter van, Subaru and beat-up backpack from Joshua Tree to the Adirondacks and beyond.”

–Laurel Braitman, New York Times bestselling author of Animal Madness and What Looks Like Bravery

Emily Meg Weinstein was born in New York and raised in Queens and Long Island. She lives on a houseboat in the San Francisco Bay, roams in her second home, the Free Ford Freestar, and roots for the New York Mets.