The River’s Daughter by Bridget Crocker in conversation with Ken Streater
June 19 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
$5
Please join Bridget Crocker and Ken Streater to discuss The River’s Daughter, a vivid and propulsive memoir about finding courage and meaning in a life outdoors, by a world-class whitewater rafting guide (publishing June 3).
Tickets for this event are $5 general admission or book purchase. Links for tickets are at the bottom of the page.
After Bridget Crocker’s parents’ volatile divorce, she moved with her mother from Southern California to Wyoming. Her life was idyllic, growing up in a trailer park on the banks of the Snake River with a stepfather she loved, a new baby brother, and the river as her companion—until her mother suddenly took up a radical new lifestyle, becoming someone Bridget barely recognized. The one constant in her life—the place Bridget felt whole and fully herself—was the river. When she discovered the world of whitewater rafting, she knew she’d found her calling.
On the river, Bridget learned to read the natural world around her and came to know the language of rivers. One of the few female guides on the Snake River, she then traveled to the Zambezi River in Africa, some of the most dangerous whitewater in the world, where she faced death and learned to conquer her fears—both on the water and off. The river taught her how to overcome years of betrayals and abuse, to trust herself, and, finally, how to help heal her family from generational cycles of trauma and poverty.
A beautifully rendered memoir of a woman coming into her own, The River’s Daughter opens us to the possibilities of transformation through nature.
Bridget Crocker is a trailblazer in women’s empowerment within the outdoor industry. A leading whitewater rafting guide, she has led remote river expeditions down many of the world’s greatest river canyons. She is a contributing author to Lonely Planet guidebooks and The Best Women’s Travel Writing series, and her work has been featured in magazines including Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Trail Runner, and Outside, as well as Patagonia’s blog, The Cleanest Line. She lives in Malibu, California.
Ken Streater is a former international river guide, bush Alaska teacher, and Fortune 500 advisor turned greater good protagonist. He’s also a father of three, a husband, a muddied lens visionary, and the acclaimed author of Be the Good: Becoming a Force for a Better World and The Gift of Courage: Tales of Open Hearts, Kindness, and Community. Planting seeds of change in backcountries, boardrooms, and books, Ken illuminates how each one of us can be a force for good, inspiring positive collaborative action to form more benevolent cultures and compassionate communities. He ardently reveals our innate connectedness and highlights what we have and can overcome by harnessing the goodness that runs through each of us.