- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: University Of Toronto Press (Jan 1 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0889822719
- ISBN-13: 978-0889822719
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#242,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #90 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Regional Canada > Maritime Provinces
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Newly graduated from university in Ireland, Lisa McGonigle came to the Kootenay region of British Columbia to spend a winter snowboarding. She wrote emails to her friends back home describing a remote mountain-town called Fernie, a series of smashes in the terrain park, unrivalled powder turns, working for minimum-wage and duct-taping over the holes in her outerwear. She left to take up a PhD scholarship to Oxford but the lure of the snow was too much. Several months later she abandoned her laptop, clothes and bike in Oxford and ran away back to BC. She went on to spend another three winters in the Kootenays, trading Fernie for an even smaller, more remote town called Rossland and learning to ski for good measure as well. Composed of the emails written as events unfolded, and infused with an Irish take on Canadiana, Snowdrift documents the joyous, impoverished and injury-ridden life of a ski-bum who’ll do almost anything for fresh lines and explores just what happens when you leave it all behind to follow the snow.
About the Author
Lisa McGonigle grew up in North County Dublin, Ireland. She attended Trinity College Dublin and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland before coming to British Columbia in 2005. Having spent several years skiing, snowboarding and hiking in the Kootenays, she is currently studying for a PhD in English at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
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A Wonderful Winter Wonderland Wander,
This review is from: Snowdrift (Paperback)
Lisa does a fantastic job of capturing the magnetism of ski towns. Do not read this book unless you are prepared to face a strong desire to quit you job/phd/etc and head for the hills.
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Awesome Book!,
By tlm2 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Snowdrift (Paperback)
I bought this book because my boyfriend was excited that he gets a mention in it (the Aussie park rat with a heart of gold) and it was such a great read! I did a few ski seasons myself, and this book took me right back to my travels.
Lisa is hilarious, and definitely has a way with words. The book flows so easily that you can't put it down! Also, I am Canadian, and it was very interesting to see how my country looks to a snow-crazed, articulate Irish girl. If you're looking for some inspiration to travel, or just want to live vicariously through someone who HAS lived the dream, read this book! |
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