Wilderness Mother (30th Anniversary Edition): A Memoir of 13 Years Off the Grid

by Deanna Barnhardt Kawatski

242 pages, Paperback

Published October 27, 2025

Reviews

[Lenka Petnyova]

I feel bad giving it only 3 stars. Their life in the wilderness was fascinating and hard and I truly admire it. But I found the book too descriptive and she was jumping in time a lot what made it harder for me to follow and build a relationship with the characters. I almost feel like it’s a collection of shorter stories from their life in wilderness.

[Shawn Bird]

Wow.
What a labour intensive life!