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092 _a299.93.D75f
100 1 _aDowd, Michelle,
_d1968-
_eauthor
_915867
245 1 0 _aForager :
_bfield notes for surviving a family cult /
_cMichelle Dowd ; illustrations by Susan Brand
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aChapel Hill, North Carolina :
_bAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
_c2023
264 4 _c©2023
300 _a280 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"A memoir" -- Cover
520 _a"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
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher
600 1 0 _aDowd, Michelle,
_d1968-
_915867
650 0 _aChristian sects
_zCalifornia
_915868
_vBiography
650 0 _aAdult child abuse victims
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_915869
650 0 _aEx-cultists
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_915870
650 0 _aWilderness survival
_zCalifornia
_915871
651 0 _aAngeles National Forest (Calif.)
_915872
655 7 _aAutobiographies.
_2lcgft
_9777
700 1 _aBrand, Susan
_c(Illustrator),
_eillustrator
_915873
907 _a.b178476626
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_cBOOK
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