02762cam a2200469 i 4500 1351210565 MeVbMML 20250626144845.0 220913t20232023ncua 000 0aeng 2022040157 9781643751856 1643751859 (OCoLC)1351210565 (OCoLC)1311951500 (OCoLC)1312150997 (OCoLC)1366498596 AJM pcc n-us-ca n-us--- 299/.93092 B 23/eng/20221118 299.93.D75f Dowd, Michelle, 1968- author 15867 Forager : field notes for surviving a family cult / Michelle Dowd ; illustrations by Susan Brand First edition Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023 ©2023 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "A memoir" -- Cover "Michelle Dowd grew up on a mountain in the Angeles National Forest, born into an ultra-religious cult--the Field, as members called it--run by her grandfather, who believed that his chosen followers must prepare themselves to survive doomsday. Bound by the group's patriarchal rules and literal interpretation of the Bible, Michelle and her siblings lived a life of deprivation, isolated from Outsiders and starved for both love and food. She was forced to learn the skills necessary to battle hunger, thirst, and cold; she learned to trust animals more than humans; and most important, she learned how to survive by foraging for what she needed. And as Michelle got older, she realized she had the strength to break free. Focus on what will sustain, not satiate you, she would tell herself. Use everything. Waste nothing. Get to know the intricacies of the land like the intricacies of your body. And so she did." -- inside front jacket flap "A memoir of the author's experience growing up in an apocalyptic cult, with an emphasis on how understanding the natural world was her key to escape and survival"-- Provided by publisher Dowd, Michelle, 1968- 15867 Christian sects California 15868 Biography Adult child abuse victims United States Biography 15869 Ex-cultists United States Biography 15870 Wilderness survival California 15871 Angeles National Forest (Calif.) 15872 Autobiographies. lcgft 777 Brand, Susan (Illustrator), illustrator 15873 .b178476626 ddc BOOK 29338 29338 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ B 2024-02-21 28.00 1 B DOWD 65834 2024-04-09 2024-03-29 2024-02-21 BOOK 1