“This powerful novel by Greg Sarris is about one character, one place, one time, one curse, but it’s also about all the stormy impulses in any human heart that undermine love, joy, connection, and all the ways that loss and privation lead to loss and privation. But it is itself lush and gripping as it follows one Native Californian from early girlhood to late old age, walking her own path through a changing world.” —REBECCA SOLNIT

“Powerful.” —BILL McKIBBEN, author of Here Comes the Sun
“Meditative, instructive, and surprising at every switchback.” —JASON ROBERTS, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Every Living Thing
“This book will enliven and enlighten any lover of wild landscapes.” —ROBERT MOOR, author of On Trails: An Exploration
“This deserves a place in every wilderness explorer’s backpack.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Terria Smith has gifted us something we don’t see so much of: a Native travel narrative that is more than just the fish-out-of-water, ‘Indian leaves the rez and is overwhelmed’ trope. At the core of this quarter-century unfolding is Smith’s personal origin story as a mighty, independent Indigenous woman with a deep love for her traditional land finding her power in a broader, borderless world; in worlds, really, both inner and outer varieties of them. Full of heart and humor.” —CHRIS LA TRAY, author of Becoming Little Shell

“Necessary, accessible, and fascinating.” —KATE SCHATZ, New York Times-bestselling author of Rad American Women A–Z
”An important story that should be readily adopted and used in classrooms.” —WILLIAM J. BAUER JR., coauthor of We Are the Land
”An essential purchase for any parents looking for accessible ways to teach their kids about civil rights.” —RAE ALEXANDRA, author of Unsung Heroines

“As we enter an era of climate shifts and more frequent, layered catastrophes, this is the book you want beside you to navigate the realities of disaster and recovery.” —CANDIS CALLISON, Member, Tāłtān Nation, and author, How Climate Change Comes to Matter