<p>&quot;Riveting--Kusz's gifts as a writer, her original voice and sparkling perceptions, give this memoir the literary precision of a novel.&quot;--<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br>When she was six years old, Natalie Kusz left Los Angeles with her family and headed north to Alaska on a classic quest for freedom, a house on the land, and a more wholesome way of living. Here is hery and survival in an unforgiving environment. &quot;Riveting. . . .&quot;--Los Angeles Times. Serial rights to McCall's and Harper's.</p>