The I Index

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult

Bottom of the pile

17

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

16/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Michelle Dowd

Publisher:

Algonquin Books

Date:

March 7, 2023

This memoir tells the story of the author's experience in an apocalyptic cult, and how understanding the natural world was her key to escape—and survival.

What The Reviewers Say

Mark Athitakis,
The Los Angeles Times
By its midpoint Forager fully becomes the trauma memoir only hinted at in the opening pages.
Alexis Burling,
The San Francisco Chronicle
Uneven but still affecting.
Alice Cary,
BookPage
Excellent.
Michelle Ross,
Booklist
Poignant.