Grounded by Granite

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>On Loon Island a granite mound in a pristine lake near Frontenac Provincial Park in the Ontario Canadian Shield post-war summer days for Patti and her siblings overflowed with swimming fishing and hunting for snapping turtles. Life seemed perfect until a shocking letter from the Department of Lands and Forests questioned their ownership of the land.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Grounded by Granite</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> transports you to a time when cottage life spelled simplicity. A time of scary campfires and harmonized voices drifting over the surface of a moonlit lake. An era where families played </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Snakes and Ladders</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> by the light of coal oil lamps and kids read comics under the covers by flashlight. Experience the ancestral traditions of a quirky yet lovable cast of extended family members at a lake where summers seemed to last forever. From the award-winning author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nepal One Day at a Time</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a haunting and at times comical memoir of close family bonds and wilderness experiences that produced a solo adventure traveller and global humanitarian. </span></p>