Novella Carpenter - Gone Feral

Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through The Wild accounts Novella Carpenter’s search for her father, George Carpenter, a back-to-the-land homesteader, gifted classical guitarist, and Korean War vet, who has been absent for most of his daughter’s life. When he officially goes missing only to be found in a fleabag Arizona motel, his daughter is forced to confront the reality that her time to restore their relationship is now. Thus begins a journey carrying Carpenter from her Oakland urban farm to her father’s ramshackle cabin with the hope that she will discover who she truly is and where she came from. Along with fixing Carpenter's relationship with her father, she shares the birth of her own daughter, illustrating how a parent’s love is itself a wild thing. Raw, funny, unsentimental, alive with unforgettable characters and pitch-perfect dialogue, this memoir marks Carpenter’s transformative passage from daughter to mother.

Novella Carpenter is the author of the bestselling Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer and is the coauthor of The Essential Urban Farmer. She lives and farms in Oakland, California, with her partner, Billy, and their daughter, Francis.

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1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA 94111