The River's Daughter
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1954118546
ISBN-13
9781954118546
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Imprint
Spiegel & Grau
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 17th, 2025
Print length
304 Pages
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: generalMemoirsGender studies: womenTravel & holidayAdventure holidays
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A vivid and propulsive memoir about finding courage and meaning in a life outdoors, by a world-class whitewater rafting guide.
After Bridget Crockers parents volatile divorce, she moved with her mother from Southern California to Wyoming. Her life was idyllic, growing up in a trailer park on the banks of the Snake River with a stepfather she loved, a new baby brother, and the river as her companionuntil her mother suddenly took up a radical new lifestyle, becoming someone Bridget barely recognized. The one constant in her lifethe place Bridget felt whole and fully herselfwas the river. When she discovered the world of whitewater rafting, she knew shed found her calling.
On the river, Bridget learned to read the natural world around her and came to know the language of rivers. One of the few female guides on the Snake River, she then traveled to the Zambezi River in Africa, some of the most dangerous whitewater in the world, where she faced death and learned to conquer her fearsboth on the water and off. The river taught her how to overcome years of betrayals and abuse, to trust herself, and, finally, how to help heal her family from generational cycles of trauma and poverty.
A beautifully rendered memoir of a woman coming into her own, The Rivers Daughter opens us to the possibilities of transformation through nature.
After Bridget Crockers parents volatile divorce, she moved with her mother from Southern California to Wyoming. Her life was idyllic, growing up in a trailer park on the banks of the Snake River with a stepfather she loved, a new baby brother, and the river as her companionuntil her mother suddenly took up a radical new lifestyle, becoming someone Bridget barely recognized. The one constant in her lifethe place Bridget felt whole and fully herselfwas the river. When she discovered the world of whitewater rafting, she knew shed found her calling.
On the river, Bridget learned to read the natural world around her and came to know the language of rivers. One of the few female guides on the Snake River, she then traveled to the Zambezi River in Africa, some of the most dangerous whitewater in the world, where she faced death and learned to conquer her fearsboth on the water and off. The river taught her how to overcome years of betrayals and abuse, to trust herself, and, finally, how to help heal her family from generational cycles of trauma and poverty.
A beautifully rendered memoir of a woman coming into her own, The Rivers Daughter opens us to the possibilities of transformation through nature.
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