{"product_id":"how-to-survive-a-bear-attack-isbn-9781039056350","title":"How to Survive a Bear Attack","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2025 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION • Named a Best Book of 2025 by \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eCBC\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eSpotify • The Hill Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this debut memoir from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Neanderthal\u003c\/i\u003e, Claire Cameron confronts the rare genetic mutation that gave her cancer by investigating an equally rare and terrifying event—a predatory bear attack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Claire Cameron was nine years old, her father told her he was dying. In the years after he was gone, she overcame her grief among the rivers and lakes of Algonquin Park, a vast Canadian wilderness. Around that same time, in 1991, a couple was killed in a rare predatory black bear attack in the park—an event that shocked and haunted Claire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears later, with children of her own, Cameron was diagnosed with the same kind of deadly skin cancer as her father. Caught in a second wave of grief, she was told by her doctor, “the ideal exposure to UV light is none.” No longer able to venture into the wilderness as she once had, she again became obsessed with the bear attack in Algonquin Park. How could terror rip through such a beautiful place? Could she separate truth from fiction? She headed north to investigate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeamlessly weaving together nature writing with true crime investigation in this unflinching account of recovery, \u003ci\u003eHow to Survive a Bear Attack\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an intimate portrait of an extraordinary animal, a bracing chronicle of pain, obsession, and love, and a profoundly moving exploration of how we can understand and survive the wildness that lives inside us.\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2025 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION • Named a Best Book of 2025 by \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eCBC\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eSpotify • The Hill Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At once a memoir, a meticulously researched investigation, and a medita­tion on the force of nature, Claire Cameron weaves the narrative together seamlessly in a tale of courage, determination, and, above all else, love. A remarkable achievement that teaches us not only how to survive, but how to thrive, even when the odds are stacked against you.” \u003cb\u003e—David A. Robertson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Crows \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlack Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deeply researched and profoundly moving, Claire Cameron’s wonderful book is, at root, a braided love story, by turns heartbreaking and terrifying, but above all brimming with a fierce affection—for her family, for her subjects, and for the precious, precarious act of staying alive. I could not put it down.” \u003cb\u003e—John Vaillant, author of \u003ci\u003eFire Weather \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“True wilderness has no narrative. It is immediate, and visceral, beyond words at the time, and often beyond description later. So, it speaks to Claire Cameron’s courage and skill as a writer that she has triumphantly wrested such a compelling and profound story out of her journey, both into the wild heart of bear country, and into the terror-filled landscape of a devastating cancer diagnosis. \u003ci\u003eHow to Survive a Bear Attack \u003c\/i\u003eis a transcen­dent, powerfully moving, brilliant literary achievement.” \u003cb\u003e—Helen Humphreys, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowed by the Lark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stunning . . . offers nature writing at its finest. At its heart, \u003ci\u003eHow to Survive a Bear Attack\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story about finding the courage to face even the wildest of natures within and around us all.”\u003cb\u003e —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“In a masterful fusion of forensic journalism, nature reporting and memoir, Claire Cameron’s account of a deadly incident explores mortality and the consciousness of the wild. \u003ci\u003eHow to Survive a Bear Attack\u003c\/i\u003e paddles readers through Algonquin Park rivers and into the halls of medicine, asking them to be brave and inquisitive in order to survive the unexpected.” \u003cb\u003e—Governor General’s Literary Award peer assessment committee (Kevin Chong, Norma Dunning and Adrienne Gruber)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A brave book.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLAIRE CAMERON\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Neanderthal, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a national bestseller and a finalist for the 2017 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. It sold in eleven territories. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, sold in ten territories, and was a #1 national bestseller. It won the Northern Lit Award from the Ontario Library Service, which her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Line Painter\u003c\/i\u003e, also won. Claire has led canoe trips in Algonquin Park and worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, teaching mountaineering, climbing, and whitewater rafting in Oregon and beyond. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is a monthly contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Toronto.","brand":"Knopf Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233244229861,"sku":"NP9781039056350","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781039056350.jpg?v=1767729474","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/how-to-survive-a-bear-attack-isbn-9781039056350","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}