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The author's account of his most ambitious quest, to know a world beyond his knowing, to train for and run the Iditarod.

In her critically acclaimed first book, Johnnys Girl, Kim Rich presented the story of her unconventional childhood as the daughter of an Alaskan mobster and a troubled showgirl. This new memoir picks up where Johnnys Girl left off, retelling the story of the authors nearly lifelong pursuit to live what she thought to be “a normal life.” Rich tugs at your heartstrings as you follow her journey toward normalcy, from her teen years, freshly orphaned,...