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Publisher Faber
In Joan Barfoot's landmark feminist novel, a woman walks away from her young family to live a solitary life in the Canadian wilderness. She grows and forages everything she needs, keeps no mirrors and adapts to the rhythms of her environment, leaving clock time far behind. When, after years of solitude, a young woman arrives, she must reckon with her past.
Joan Barfoot’s Gaining Ground is a both a provocative meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art.
It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape – who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free.
Publisher Faber
In Joan Barfoot's landmark feminist novel, a woman walks away from her young family to live a solitary life in the Canadian wilderness. She grows and forages everything she needs, keeps no mirrors and adapts to the rhythms of her environment, leaving clock time far behind. When, after years of solitude, a young woman arrives, she must reckon with her past.
Joan Barfoot’s Gaining Ground is a both a provocative meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art.
It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape – who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free.
