Almost Animal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Wildness, and the American West

“A starting place for healing our upended selves, families, culture, world.”—CRAIG CHILDS, AUTHOR OF THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES

A ferocious, incandescent memoir about motherhood, liberation, and the natural world—following one woman’s journey to reclaim her wildest self.

A descendant of Utah’s earliest Mormon inhabitants, Amy Irvine spent her young adulthood rebelling against the patriarchy that was her inheritance. She sought adventure outdoors, climbing red rock, skiing backcountry powder, and f...