Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty

Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty - Hardcover

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Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty - Hardcover

Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty - Hardcover

by Iris Krasnow
$27.00
$27.00

Book Overview

by Iris Krasnow (Author)

New York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow reflects with humor and heart on her summer camp experiences and the lessons she and her fellow campers learned there that have stayed with them throughout their lives.

Iris Krasnow was 8 years old when she first attended sleep-away camp, building lasting friendships and essential life skills amid the towering pine trees and open skies of Wisconsin. Decades later, she returned to Camp Agawak as a staff member to help resurrect Agalog, the camp's defunct magazine that she wrote for as a child. There, she revisits the activities she loved as a young girl: singing songs around a campfire, swimming in a pristine lake, sleeping under the stars--experiences that continue to fill her with wisdom and perspective.

A nostalgic, inspiring memoir with a universal message on the importance of long-term friendship for campers and non-campers alike, Camp Girls weaves between past and present, filling the page in delicious detail with cabin pranks, canoe trips in rainstorms, and the joy of finding both your independence and your interdependence in nature alongside your peers. Through rich storytelling, Iris shares her own and other campers' adventures and the lessons from childhood that can shape fulfilling and successful adulthoods. Ultimately, Iris powerfully demonstrates that camp is more than a place or a collection of activities: it's where we learn what it means to be human and what it feels like to truly belong to a family--not of blood, but of history, loyalty, and tradition.

Author Biography

Iris Krasnow is a New York Times bestselling author, professor, and camp counselor. During the school year, she teaches journalism and gender studies at American University and spends summers at Camp Agawak. She's written Surrendering to Motherhood; Surrendering to Marriage; I Am My Mother's Daughter; The Secret Lives of Wives; and Sex After . . . Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes. She is a regular contributor to AARP's "The Girlfriend" and the relationship sections of Huffington Post, in addition to writing for AARP Magazine and the AARP Bulletin, and giving a popular TedX Talk.

Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 07, 2020
ISBN9781538732267
Author Iris Krasnow
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
GenreBiography, Self-help & personal development, and Relationships
FormatHardcover
PublishedApril 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages256
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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