A Widow's Walk Off-Grid to Self-Reliance
An Inspiring, True Story of Courage and Determination

I started reading Annie Dodds story from my kindle while working out on the elliptical. The more I read, the faster I pumped. From the beginning, this book grabbed me by the heart and wouldn’t let go until I had eagerly read to the end. This is a story that defines the human spirit at its finest…tri......more

Strange but compelling and uplifting This is one of the oddest books I have ever read. I don't know if it's the naive writing style or the weird jumpy chronology. Nevertheless it is an inspiring story. The writer has to be one of the most indomitable characters ever. To a British reader much of the b......more

Abandoned. The story was more like a long drawn out letter written to a family member.......more

This wasn't what I expected, but I wound up really enjoying this story of this type of off grid living, and I like how Mrs. Dodds uses "Oldest Son" and "The Postman" to refer to the other people in her life because it is so much easier to remember who everyone is. I bawled my eyes out at the last pa......more

A Wonderful Person in a Fascinating Life I loved this book, reading it in one sitting because I couldn't put it down. This wonderful woman writes an honest memoir about her time going back, almost literally, to nature. She writes about the challenges, the beauty and her ongoing menagerie. Highly rec......more