Hardcover, 255 pages
English language
Published May 9, 2000 by Simon & Schuster.
"It is the early 1900s and Charlotte Bridger Drummond is a thoroughly modern woman. The sole provider for her five young boys, Charlotte is a fiercely independent, freethinking woman of the West who fully embraces the scientific spirit that is sweeping the nation at the dawn of the industrial age. Thumbing her nose at convention, she dresses in men's clothes, avoids housework whenever possible, and proudly supports her family by writing popular women's adventure stories.
Ready to show off her knowledge of the local flora and fauna and have an adventure of her own, Charlotte joins a search party for a child who has disappeared in the deepwood wilderness on the border between Oregon and Washington. But when she gets lost herself, she is thrust into a mysterious world that not only tests her courage but challenges her entire concept of reality.".
"Starving and half dead from exposure, …
"It is the early 1900s and Charlotte Bridger Drummond is a thoroughly modern woman. The sole provider for her five young boys, Charlotte is a fiercely independent, freethinking woman of the West who fully embraces the scientific spirit that is sweeping the nation at the dawn of the industrial age. Thumbing her nose at convention, she dresses in men's clothes, avoids housework whenever possible, and proudly supports her family by writing popular women's adventure stories.
Ready to show off her knowledge of the local flora and fauna and have an adventure of her own, Charlotte joins a search party for a child who has disappeared in the deepwood wilderness on the border between Oregon and Washington. But when she gets lost herself, she is thrust into a mysterious world that not only tests her courage but challenges her entire concept of reality.".
"Starving and half dead from exposure, Charlotte is rescued by a band of elusive, quasi-human beasts. As she becomes a part of the creatures' extended family, Charlotte is forced to reconsider her previous notions about the differences between animals and humans, men and women, and above all, between wilderness and civilization."--BOOK JACKET.
A wild mix of traditional mythology with unconventional values and a deep love of northwestern nature, so intensely imagined it boggles the mind in phases.
A quite bizarre and wonderful book. The first section has an independent woman managing to support her family in the early 20th century by writing pulp fiction. It shifts into something of a mystery, with her searching for a lost child, and then becomes a meditation on consciousness and the legend of Sasquatch. Gloss is such an amazing writer. I've loved every one of her books, and they're quite different from each other.
A quite bizarre and wonderful book. The first section has an independent woman managing to support her family in the early 20th century by writing pulp fiction. It shifts into something of a mystery, with her searching for a lost child, and then becomes a meditation on consciousness and the legend of Sasquatch. Gloss is such an amazing writer. I've loved every one of her books, and they're quite different from each other.
