Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments on the Outer Coast [Paperback]

Wild Fierce Life?is a heart-stopping collection of true stories from the Pacific Coast that build a vivid portrait of life on the continental edge and one womans evolving place within it.

Author Joanna Streetly arrived on the west coast of Vancouver Island when she was nineteen, and soon adapted to the challenges of working on boats of all sorts, guiding multi-day wilderness kayak trips along the BC coast, and living in remote situations often without electricity or running water.

From a near-death experience while swimming at night to an enigmatic encounter with a cougar, these stories capture the joys and dangers of living in a wild environment. Streetlys vivid storytelling evokes a sincere respect for nature, both its fragility and its power.

Full of unflinching self-examination and a fidelity to the landscape of Vancouver Islands outer coast, these stories reveal the interplay between inner and outer landscapesthe evolution of a woman uncovering the pleasures and dangers of the wild life.

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Joanna Streetly grew up in Trinidad and moved to Vancouver to study Outdoor Recreation and Wilderness Leadership. In 1990 she moved to Tofino, where she has lived ever since. While transitioning to writing and editing, she worked as a naturalist guide and sea kayak instructor. Most recently, her writing can be found inBest Canadian Essays 2017,and in numerous anthologies, magazines and literary journals. She is the author ofPaddling Through Time(Raincol%