My Goodreads and Amazon review of Pirate Girl Falls through Beaver Dam: A Memoir of Adventurous Lessons in Earth School by Wren Godfrey Chapman (Rated 5) – Avast Me Hearties! A Yarn Worth Your Pieces of Eight. Aye, when the last name of your philandering ex-fiancé is Seagraves, there’s naught to do but crew on a ship and bury your broken heart overboard. Wren Godfrey Chapman, the spunky narrator in the memoir Pirate Girl Falls Through Beaver Dam, is up for physical exploits most of us wouldn’t dream of trying, let alone imagine surviving. Raised on conventional dreams of marriage, blind-sided by their rupture, Chapman reacts by literally and figuratively leaping into the unknown. Whether sailing the seas, braving Colorado’s brutal winters, or running her own creative enterprises, she refuses to give in or give up. Her soul is equal parts rebellion and resilience. The lessons she learns ring true but never trite. As a writer myself (see my Amazon author page and Goodreads author page), I balance guiding readers with setting them on a voyage of self-discovery. Chapman smoothly navigates between these boundaries. Readers may not have the gumption to do what she did, but in this exuberant and self-aware memoir, they can experience the thrill of adventure vicariously. So weigh anchor, peruse this yarn, and dream.
