April Book Club Skype Discussion with Katherine Keith
The Bookstore Plus Hosts BOOK CLUB PICK FOR April 2020
Epic Solitude by Katherine Keith
On the first Tuesday of every month, The Bookstore Plus hosts a unique Book Club experience where readers have the opportunity to discuss the book club pick with the author via video chat! On Tuesday, April 7th, 2020, at 7:00 pm, Katherine Keith, will join The Bookstore Plus via Skype to discuss and answer questions about her new book "Epic Solitude".
The book club is open to the public. Pick up your copy today at The Bookstore Plus.
About The Book |
A new, unforgettable adventure memoir, by Katherine Keith, in the tradition of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and John Krakauer’s Into the Wild. Epic Solitude is the powerful and touching story of how one woman found her way—both despite
and because of the difficulties of living and racing in the remote wilderness. All her life, Katherine Keith has hungered for remote, wild places. Her travels take her across America, but it is in the vast and rugged landscape of Alaska that she finds her true home. She and her husband build a log cabin, miles away from the nearest road, and create a life of love. An idyllic existence, but with isolation and brutal living conditions can also come heartbreak. Keith experiences tragic loss and must push on, with her infant daughter, alone in the Alaskan backcountry. Long-distance dog sledding opens a door to a new existence. Racing across the state of Alaska offers the best of all worlds by combining raw wilderness with solitude and athleticism. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race remains a true test of character and offers the opportunity to intimately explore the frontier that she has come to love. With every thousand miles of winter trail traversed in total solitude, she confronts challenges that awaken internal demons, summoning all the inner grief and rage that lies dormant.
About The Author:
Author of Epic Solitude: A Story of Survival and a Quest for Meaning in the Far North
KATHERINE KEITH is a wilderness athlete, experience junkie, spiritual questor, long-distance dog musher, and mother to a fifteen-year-old daughter and thirty-five dogs, living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska Professionally, and as a jack-of-all-trades survivalist, she is a small business owner, rural Alaska project director, energy engineer, commercial fisherman, and wellness advocate. Accomplishments such as completing six Ironman triathlons an five 1,000-mile dog sled races form the cornerstone of Katherine’s philosophy of generating grit through overcoming real-time obstacles. A never-ending dreamer, Katherine is currently pursuing climbing the seven tallest summits on every continent as a budding alpinist. Above all, she loves spending time star-gazing, chasing northern lights, and playing cribbageby the woodstove with Amelia at camp.