Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube

I'll confess that it was the pictures of adorable sled dog puppies and her great Twitter handle, “Feminist Jack London,” that drew me to Blair Braverman's work. And while her memoir sadly has no pictures of adorable dogs, it has interesting stories about a youth and young adulthood spent trying to prove herself in the male-dominated world of the North. She has a confident writing style and relates the character of people in her life such as to draw you in and make you take notice. The fact that she explores her sexual awakening–or rather, her awakening to being sexualized by others, whether she liked it or not–was subtle and well done.
The time line occasionally confused me. How many trips to Malangen? I don't think that matters much to the book's readability, however, and would heartily recommend Braverman's book to those who read about adventures, snow and cold, coming of age, dogs, and feminism. (I'm down with everything but the snow and cold. brrrrrrrr.)