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Parenting is Your Highest Calling And 10 Other Lies That Trap Us In Worry And GuiltThe nine most common parenting myths are exposed and replaced with the fresh hope of truth. Through an eye-opening look at cultural beliefs and God’s example as a parent, Fields invites readers to let go of guilt and find freedom to love your children as God intended.
The Beginning: From Worry and Guilt to Freedom I am going to bed happy tonight. We've just had a family meeting on our bed...(more)
Surprise ChildFinding Hope in Unexpected Pregnancy Unexpected pregnancies happen to women in every season of life, yet the loneliness surrounding an unplanned pregnancy is rarely acknowledged. In Surprise Child, Fields walks the reader month-by-month through the stages of pregnancy, voicing with startling honesty her own struggles and guiding the reader from despair toward readiness for new life. Introduction Four years ago I walked into the bathroom, hand clenched around a white cellophane-wrapped stick. Three minutes later the bathroom door opened, and my face was white. In a tiny centimetered window no bigger than my fingernail a faint line slowly emerged, then solidified. It was the face of another human being—one I had not asked for. Surely my life was over. (more)
Surviving the Island of GraceLife on the Wild Edge of America “...To deem this solely a memoir of her life spent as the wife of a salmon fisherman on a remote Alaskan island would be missing the boat, for Fields’ powerful poetic prose deals with themes as large as the great outdoors . . . . Just as Thoreau went to the woods to live deliberately, so, too, do the Fields live on this ocean, without electricity, or telephones, with bears and eagles as their constant companions, choosing it as much for what it offers as for what it omits. Paying homage to man’s flexibility and gratitude for God’s grace, Fields’ memoir is haunting in its imagery, uplifting in its message.”
---Booklist1978This morning, before I leave our loft for breakfast, I do not check the calendar. I know what day it is: July 26–put-out day. This is the day we load our nets from the mending racks on the beach and drop them back into the water. I am grim. I have done this four times by now in this, my first season, which makes me still a nervous greenhorn, since Duncan, his two brothers and his father have been fishing for more than twenty years, yet I know exactly what will happen in the day and night ahead. (more)
Out On The Deep BlueTrue Stories of Daring, Persistence, and Survival from the Nation’s Most Dangerous Profession “ . . .These are gripping stories . . . Set in the frigid and unforgiving waters of remote places such as the Bering Sea and the North Atlantic, these 19 chapters vividly describe the realities and motivations of those pursuing swordfish, herring, salmon, crab, urchins, and other creatures of the deep...Featuring such noted authors as Peter Mathiessen, Spike Walker, and Linda Greenlaw, this first compendium is an absorbing look at a world few even consider, much less experience.” --amazon.com
Introduction It started in 1977 when I put on my first pair of hip boots on a tiny island in the Gulf of Alaska and vaulted into a small wooden skiff full of salmon. (more)
The Entangling NetAlaska’s Commercial Fishing Women Tell Their Lives “. . . a powerful and vivid portrayal of commercial fishing in Alaskan waters. . . . This book is engaging, intriguing and thrilling for anyone who might be fascinated by the lives of these extraordinary working women who thrive on hard challenges, physical and emotional stamina, and moments of grace within an elemental and fiercely beautiful sphere. Fields is a fine, lyrical writer.” --Pacific Northwest Quarterly I've Seen People Die (read)
The Water Under Fish A collection of poetry, never romantic , that celebrates the complexities of living on the ocean and making a living from its waters. Before Learning To Count (read)