“I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.” WantWantedPositionProudMy FamilyCelebrateWildernessFedsHikingFloatingRapidsGlaciersKidnapped Author:Leigh Newman
“Most kids who grow up in Alaska and spend a fair degree of time in the wilderness, grow up being pretty self-reliant. You have to be, in order to survive all the animals and cliffs and crevasses and rapids - at some point, your brain has to kick [out of] that childish daydream world and start making I-want-to-live decisions.” WorldWantSelfKidsOrderGrowsDecisionAnimalBrainGrowing UpDegreesFairsKicksWildernessRapidsCliffsDaydreamingAlaskaSelf ReliantBeing Pretty Author:Leigh Newman
“Even as my family fell apart and things were at their most hopeless, my dad and I found a lot of happiness in the wilderness - sleeping on the cold gravel and killing as many things as we could get our hands on. Even as my mom got progressively more crazy, we found a happiness, in flashes.” HandsFoundSleepCrazyMomColdDadMy FamilyKillingMy DadMy MomWildernessHopelessFlashGravel Author:Leigh Newman
