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b'Woniya Dawn Thibeault never felt at home in the modern world. An awkward only child and once-upon-a-time vegan, she was always drawn to the natural world and wild places. By age 19, she was throwing herself into studying not only nature but also the skills our ancestors used to thrive there. Before long, she was living off-grid, foraging for food, picking up road-killed deer, and wearing their skins for clothing. Even so, she was shocked when The HISTORY Channel\'s hit survival TV show Alone came calling and invited her to be a participant on Season 6. In her debut memoir NEVER ALONE: A Solo Arctic Survival Journey (Timeless Ways, June 13, 2023, ISBN: 978-1-960303-00-4; Hardcover), Woniya shares how months of starving by herself in the Arctic wilderness brought more healing than suffering, and led to a deep sense of belonging and peace. Her story affirms the incredible strength of the human spirit and shows us that strength comes in many surprising forms. NEVER ALONE\'s message is one of inspiration and learning to trust in ourselves and the land around us-embracing the wild and being wholly and beautifully human, flaws and all. Also, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the native people on whose homeland the adventure took place. "I wanted to do Alone for the experience. I also wanted to do it well, even win it," Woniya writes. "It felt important to me to represent a whole different approach to wilderness survival, because the images we usually see are of big strong men, most often with military training, with knives the size of their forearms strapped to their thighs and a pack full of fancy tactical gadgets. I wanted to show the world that living in the wild doesn\'t have to be about battling nature. For me, it\'s all about knowing that I\'m part of nature and am humbly willing to learn about and participate in it."'