Reminiscent of the best of matthiessen, dillard, and erlich, Leslie Leyland Fields's alaskan memoir is an inspiring narrative of life in the wild. Is a beautiful and haunting memoir of a woman who left the east coast and...Reminiscent of the best of matthiessen, dillard, and erlich, Leslie Leyland Fields's alaskan memoir is an inspiring narrative of life in the wild. Is a beautiful and haunting memoir of a woman who left the east coast and moved to alaska looking for a new life.