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This one wild life : a mother-daughter wilderness memoir / Angie Abdou.
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 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781770416000 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 240 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Abdou, Angie, 1969- Mothers and daughters > Biography. Outdoor recreation > Psychological aspects > Biography. Nature > Psychological aspects > Biography. Bashfulness in children. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 819.8603 Abdou | 31681010232668 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
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This personal memoir of self-discovery and parenting in a screen-driven world chronicles Angie and her daughterâs attempt to hike a peak a week in summer 2019. - Bookmasters
âThrough the story of facing her fears, Abdou shows us that we are much stronger than we think.â â Jowita Bydlowska, author of Drunk MomThis personal memoir of self-discovery tackles the problems of modern parenting in a digital ageDisillusioned with overly competitive organized sports and concerned about her lively daughterâs 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 wrong? Well, among other things, it turns out that Angie loves hiking but Katie doesnât.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. Short DescriptionThis personal memoir of self-discovery and parenting in a screen-driven world chronicles Angie and her daughterâs attempt to hike a peak a week in summer 2019.Sales and Market Bullets Home Ice was a national bestseller, receiving praise from Publishers Weekly and the Toronto Star as well as a starred review from Booklist.Abdou explores all sorts of issues related to parenting such as shyness, bolstering confidence in girls, approaches to youth sport & fitness, the importance of outdoor activity, effects of screen time, prevalence of social media, the role of movement in creativity, the connection between nature and spirituality, the effects of tourism on communities, and approaches to talking about climate change with children.This book can act as a companion to Abdouâs 2018 book, Home Ice. This One Wild Life focuses on Abdouâs daughter rather than her son, and follows through on thoughts she had at the end of Home Ice: how to find meaningful activity outside the destructive expense and grind of organized sport.AudienceWomen, mothers, fathers, parentsFans of Home IceReaders of personal growth and parenting memoirsCBC Radio listeners - Simon and Schuster
âThrough the story of facing her fears, Abdou shows us that we are much stronger than we think.â â Jowita Bydlowska, author of Drunk Mom
This personal memoir of self-discovery tackles the problems of modern parenting in a digital age
Disillusioned with overly competitive organized sports and concerned about her lively daughterâs 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 wrong? Well, among other things, it turns out that Angie loves hiking but Katie doesnât.
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.
