This One Wild Life: A Mother-Daughter Wilderness Memoir
by Angie Abdou
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From the author of Canada Reads finalist The Bone Cage. Includes research on the shy child, parent-child bonding, social media issues, and the benefits of outdoor activity and nature immersion. Disillusioned with overly competitive organized sports and concerned about her lively daughter's growing shyness, author Angie Abdou sets herself a challenge: to hike a peak a week over the summer holidays with Katie. They will bond in nature and discover the glories of outdoor activity. What could go show more wrong? Well, among other things, it turns out that Angie loves hiking but Katie doesn't. Hilarious, poignant, and deeply felt, This One Wild Life explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unexpected outcomes and growth for both mother and daughter. show lessTags
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I picked this book up on a whim. I saw it recommended in an issue of Elle Canada magazine, and it sounded intriguing enough that I immediately went looking for it. I dove in with no expectations, having never heard of the author before, and I found myself pleasantly surprised.
Abdou writes with heartfelt candour, authenticity, and emotional openness. She wears her heart on her sleeve through most of this book. While her experiences have clearly been edited to fit a narrative format, they ring true to anyone who's ever been a parent, a writer, or simply unwittingly found herself at the mercy of the internet's undeserved fury.
I appreciated the backdrop of nature's breathtaking beauty as Abdou explored her relationship with her daughter, show more her community, and herself. I read this book while gripped by what seemed to be a never-ending winter, and I found myself yearning for the sultry heat of hiking weather. Overall, this was a lyrical, compelling read, and I'm glad I picked it up. show less
Abdou writes with heartfelt candour, authenticity, and emotional openness. She wears her heart on her sleeve through most of this book. While her experiences have clearly been edited to fit a narrative format, they ring true to anyone who's ever been a parent, a writer, or simply unwittingly found herself at the mercy of the internet's undeserved fury.
I appreciated the backdrop of nature's breathtaking beauty as Abdou explored her relationship with her daughter, show more her community, and herself. I read this book while gripped by what seemed to be a never-ending winter, and I found myself yearning for the sultry heat of hiking weather. Overall, this was a lyrical, compelling read, and I'm glad I picked it up. show less
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Angie Abdou is the author of five novels and a memoir of hockey parenting, Home Ice. Her first novel, The Bone Cage, was a CBC Canada Reads finalist and was awarded the 2011-12 MacEwan Book of the Year. Angie is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Athabasca University. She lives in Fernie, B.C., with her family and two beloved but unruly show more dogs. show less
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