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A childhood of tipis and traplines — stranger than fiction, and every word true. In North of Normal, Cea Sunrise Person tells the extraordinary story of growing up off the grid in the Canadian wilderness: a childhood of freedom and neglect, in a family living far outside society’s rules.
Raised by her free-spirited mother Michelle and her grandparents — ‘Papa Dick’ and their makeshift clan — Cea spent her earliest years in Alberta and British Columbia, hauling water, surviving brutal winters, learning to live with almost nothing. No formal schooling, no doctors, no safety net — only the fierce, complicated love of a family that rejected the modern world.
As she grew older, Cea began to see the cost of that freedom — and her journey into mainstream society, catching up on missed schooling and building a life of her own, is as gripping as her wilderness years. Honest, vivid, ultimately uplifting: a memoir about resilience, forgiveness, and the making of an unconventional family.
Some childhoods are stranger than fiction. In North of Normal, Cea Sunrise Person tells the extraordinary true story of growing up off the grid in the Canadian wilderness — a childhood of tipis and traplines, of freedom and neglect, and of a family living far outside society’s rules.
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nRaised by her free-spirited mother Michelle and her grandparents — ‘Papa Dick’ and the others in their makeshift clan — Cea spent her earliest years in Alberta and British Columbia, hauling water, surviving brutal winters, and learning to live with almost nothing. There was no formal schooling, no doctors, no safety net — only the fierce, complicated love of a family that rejected the modern world.
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nAs she grew older, Cea began to see the cost of that freedom: the instability, the danger, and the gaps that set her apart from everyone else. Her journey into mainstream society — catching up on the schooling she missed, learning to fit in, building a life of her own — is as gripping as her wilderness years.
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nHonest, vivid, and ultimately uplifting, North of Normal is a memoir about resilience, forgiveness, and the making of an unconventional family. For memoir lovers and readers of wild childhoods, it is unforgettable.
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