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Reviewed by Gordon D. Durich for Readers' Favorite
Inside Passage: A Memoir is a story told by an unwitting young gypsy, Keema Waterfield. In this memoir set in Alaska, the author tells of traveling with her free-spirited twenty-something mother on the folk music festival circuit. Dealing with the fallout from her absent pot-dealing pa, she is enmeshed in the past belonging to her mother. Joining the adventures and the misadventures a-la-Anchorage circa 1980 are colorful characters - musicians, drinkers, and more. Waterfield wants a home. Instead, she is forced to endure a lifestyle of unpredictability and insecurity.
Keema Waterfield’s touching and moving memoir Inside Passage is a vivid work. Reminiscent of a Mark Twain tale, with its unique wild setting and colorful real-life characters, I enjoyed it. Her beginnings in an Alaskan trailer gave her material for a riveting storytelling opportunity. And it worked. Growing up in unusual and remote Alaska would not be everyone’s idea of bliss. Having traveled to Alaska, I could visualize the setting, although that was in greater comfort. I love the notion of a freeform existence, and know a fellow artist and writer who travels the country living in his van called “Bertie.” My late mother-in-law Louise lived a similar bohemian lifestyle and the book reminded me of her. It made me wonder what it would be like to live in such an unconventional way. Music played by guitar, cello, and fiddle can almost be heard in the background. It would make for a wonderful audiobook.
