North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Counterculture Family, and How I Survived Both

¡°North of Normal contains so many jaw-dropping scenes it makes Jeannette Walls¡¯ childhood (The Glass Castle) look almost conventional.¡± ¡ªToronto StarIn the late 1960s, Cea¡¯s grandfather uproots his family from suburban California and moves them to the Canadian wilderness. Cea spends the first decade of her life living in a canvas tipi, surviving fierce storms, food shortages and adults moreinterested intheir own desiresthan parenting a child. Knowing no other world, Cea is happy enough. But her mother is missing one crucial element: a man. When she strikes out to look for love, spinning from one boyfriend to the next, Cea is forced along for the ride¡ªand into a harsh awakening.Shocking and heartbreaking, yet often funny, North of Normal is the story of a woman¡¯s desire to find her normal¡ªno matter what it takes. Cea¡¯s journey of self-discovery and acceptance celebrates the strength we all carry within us to shape our destiny.