“Being lost isn’t about a location.
It’s a failure of the mind.”
—Susan Purvis
Susan Purvis and writing colleague Deb Burke at the Javits Center in NYC.
“Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost—and Myself”
“Most people who are lost can’t let themselves see that they’re lost. Don’t want to hear about it, or feel it. And when they deny reality, they keep themselves from solving the problem that’s right in front of them. It can happen in the woods, or it can happen in life.
It took me years to learn that lostness doesn’t only apply to losing the trail and going off the map in the wilderness, I didn’t know then that people can get lost in emotion, in a relationship, in a marriage, in a business, or in a life. I was convinced that it just happens to other people. But I was about to learn just how lost one person could be.”
Read the riveting first chapter of Go Find.
Book Awards, Endorsements & Recommendations
It’s important to acknowledge Susan Purvis’s success in the context of the highly demanding and male-dominated search and rescue world. The logos showcased here—from the Nautilus Book Award to the National Geographic Book Award and the Sierra Club Endorsed distinction—do more than honor a great book; they validate her groundbreaking role as a leading female search and rescue professional. This collection of prestigious awards celebrates not only the gripping adventure and profound personal journey chronicled in Go Find, My Journey to Find the Lost and Myself, but also the unwavering determination required to excel and lead in a field that desperately needed a pioneering woman’s voice.
“Go Find” is available in print & audio. Audio is read by Susan Purvis.
Accompanied by her rebellious black Lab Tasha, maverick Susan Purvis navigates her way through both deep snow and challenging relationships to find passion and purpose as she and Tasha learn to save lives in the Colorado mountains.
Audible is pleased to announce, Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost and Myself is written and narrated by author Susan Purvis.
Watch the trailer for “Go Find, The Journey to Find the Lost and Myself.” Published by Blackstone Publishing, and narrated by Susan Purvis.
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Co-Authored Books
“Tiny Love Stories”
Susan Purvis, Author of the Essay:
“I Didn’t Run”
I met David on a blind date. The next day, I invited him over for tea. He appeared on my porch, peeking through the glass, offering me his cupped palms. “It’s all yours,” he said. “What? Sweaty hands?” “No.” He beamed. “My heart.” Typically, this would make me run, but I didn’t. He had picked me to hold his heart. His body was ravaged with cancer, but still, I accepted. We laughed. We cried. We married. Twenty-two months after our eyes met, I stood at the river, cupping my palms with ashes, and let go.
— Susan Purvis
“Wilderness Medicine & Abdominal Pain: Serious? Or Not?”
As seen in “The Ultimate Guide To Self Healing”
With minimal time to pee or eat, my patience wanes to the verge of fraying. Two-year-old Tasha, my certified avalanche dog lies on the waiting room carpet with her head between her front paws. “I know. It’s been a long day.” Read more…
“She Rescues the Dead. Can she rescue her voice?”
As seen in “Find Your Voice, Save Your Life”
I’m over two gin and tonics into my flight when I confess to a middle-aged Latino man sitting next to me inside the dimly lit cabin of the 747. I didn’t know him from Adam. Three-quarters of the way across the ocean from Miami to the Dominican Republic, my subconscious starts to bubble out like froth from a shaken bottle of champagne. Read more…
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