I Am Here

Raw, moving and beautiful… a story of struggle and redemption in the wildest outcrops of the mind and world… I loved it – RACHEL CLARKE, Women’s Prize-winning author of The Story of a Heart
Armstrong’s visceral descriptions of scaling peaks and unravelling minds establish her as a writer to watch out for. Hers is a voice that refuses to look away, even when the terrain turns treacherous. I was gripped – LEMN SISSAY, author of My Name is Why
An extraordinary book – LOUISA YOUNG, author of The Golden Hours and You Left Early
Kate Armstrong isn’t just a good writer: she’s the survivor of all survivors, and she sets us at the heart of the struggle between the psyche and its attempts to hide from itself. Utterly involving, moving and brilliant – M. JOHN HARRISON, Booker-shortlisted author of The End of Everything
I thought I knew what it meant for climbing literature to embody ‘courage’. Then I read this bold, brilliant book and expanded my definition: I Am Here is rare and remarkable – HELEN MORT, author of A Line Above the Sky
Gripping… Searingly honest, brutally real… Lessons for all of us are woven into Armstrong’s beautiful prose – MANNI COE, author of Sunday Times bestseller brother.do.you.love.me
An extraordinary story… propulsive and intoxicating… I could not put it down – LILY DUNN, author of Sins of My Father
A landmark memoir with the power to stun, horrify and inspire – often within a single sentence. Brilliantly written and intricately constructed, it is a testament to deepening self-knowledge and the brute will to survive. An amazing, unique book – TOBY LITT, author of Patience
Elegant, moving and filled with devastating moments of grace, I Am Here announces Armstrong as a genuinely fresh and important voice in mountain writing – ADAM BUTTERWORTH, Alpine Journal
Kate Armstrong’s prose is lucid and mesmerising, and her story completely devastating. And yet, I felt strangely emboldened after reading I Am Here. Days later, it is still on my mind – EMILY CHAPPELL, author of Where There’s A Will

Kate Armstrong is a writer and avid amateur mountaineer who has climbed across the UK, Europe and the Himalaya. She has survived extremes of all kinds and come through wiser. She spent many years as a management consultant, completed a PhD on John Donne and holds a Creative Writing MFA from Birkbeck. Kate currently lives in London.

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