How to Survive a Bear Attack: A Memoir

In this powerful memoir, Claire Cameron blends nature writing, true-crime investigation, and personal revelation to confront two kinds of danger: a rare predatory bear attack in Canada’s wilderness, and a genetic mutation leading to melanoma that claimed her father’s life. When she discovers she carries the same deadly risk, she returns to the woods she once loved, this time as a wounded explorer. With stunning prose and unflinching honesty, Cameron explores what survival really means—both in the wild and within ourselves

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