River's Daughter Gina Rippon starts out like a simple

starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own

From the windswept shores of the North Sea through the verdant jungle of Peruvian Amazon to a kitschy underground palace built in a missile silo in Kansas

Belief is a choice

and looking after chickens

Forced Proximity

River's Daughter Gina Rippon starts out like a simpleA vivid and propulsive memoir about finding courage and meaning in a life outdoors, by a world class whitewater rafting guide. After Bridget Crocker's parents' volatile divorce, she moved with her mother from Southern California to Wyoming. Her life was idyllic, growing up in a trailer park on the banks of the Snake River with a stepfather she loved, a new baby brother, and the river as her companion until her mother suddenly took up a radical new