David Mcgivern's Reviews > Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage

Inside, the solo paddle of Susan Marie Conrad through the Inside Passage, is a story of the sea and the sea within each of us. She sets the table early by revealing her childhood trauma, and then refocuses, as if leaving that period of insecurity and disappointment in her wake. She is tough and funny as she shares with the reader what it really means to confront the wide-open ocean. I met her at the start of my own IP trip, when she offered us some advice: “This trip,” she said, “requires lots of patience.” It was some of the best advice I have ever received. Her own patience is on display as she navigates more than 1,000 miles of one of the wildest and most rugged coastlines in the world.


David McGivern