Shannon Huffman Polson's Books
Apr.09.2013
A memoir of adventure, tragedy, family and faith, and a daughter's navigating the wilderness of an Alaskan river and of her own heart.
When her parents are killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska’s remote Arctic, author Shannon Huffman Polson is forced into a wilderness of grief. Her quest for healing is recounted with heartbreaking candor in North of Hope.
Polson travels from her home...
Shannon Huffman Polson has written a soulful and brave book about death, life, and the complexities surrounding both. There is nothing sentimental in these pages. "North of Hope" shows us how personal loss and loss of our planet come from the same place: Love. This is a testament to deep change, human and wild.”
—Terry Tempest Williams
About Shannon
Polson lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. Her first book, a memoir entitled North of Hope, is due out in Spring 2013 (Zondervan/Harper Collins). She is anthologized in Be There Now: Travel Stories From Around the World and More Than 85Broads, and her...
Causes Shannon Polson Supports
The Alaska Wilderness League (www.alaskawild.org)
Seattle Pro Musica...