A spirited artist with a can-do attitude, Yvonne Wakefield leaves behind a secure life in the lush Pacific Northwest to teach art in the desert state of Kuwait. Over the course of six years, she will instruct university-aged Muslim women, earn her students' trust, and learn the consequences of freedom of expression, taken for granted in one culture but not granted in another. Despite obstacles set by her detractors, she persists, and her students and life in Kuwait flourish. Yet the traps never disappear, only multiply, as others set more for her, intent on denying what they have no desire to understand. Told from the unique perspective of an artist, Suitcase Filled with Nails is a colorful, true, timely, rare and riveting tale about living and coping in the Middle East.

Suitcase Filled with Nails

Yvonne Wakefield

AuthorCloud Publishers

At age eighteen Yvonne sets out to build a home from trees on eighty acres she bought on an Oregon mountainside. Log by log she creates a cabin and heals from an orphaned past, finding a new family in the forest and with people in a valley named John Day. This true story of survival puts an honest and gritty face on the fantasy of living alone in the forest. It is My Side of the Mountain and Into the Wild, with a touch of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and expands the timeline of a young woman confronting herself in the wilderness. Babe in the Woods, includes original artwork and ledgers, further authenticating the construction of this three-story log cabin, built by hand from trees on land which Yvonne still owns today. It is the first in a three book series about her relationship with woodsy things, in a place of peace and quiet beauty and repose - a mountainside in Oregon.

Babe in the Woods: Building a Life One Log at a Time

Booktrope Editions

At age eighteen, in 1974, Yvonne sets out to build a home from trees on eighty acres she’s bought on an Oregon mountainside. Log by log she creates a cabin and heals from an orphaned past, finding a new family in the forest and with people in a valley named John Day. This true story of one woman’s survival in the wilderness puts an honest and gritty face on the fantasy of living alone in the forest. Readers of My Side of the Mountain and Wild—and fans of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Walden alike—will eagerly follow along on the journey through this candid, revealing account. Babe in the Woods includes original artwork and ledgers, further authenticating the construction of this three-story log cabin built by hand from trees on land Yvonne still owns today. It is the first in a three-book series about her relationship with woodsy things in a place of risk and isolation but also peace, quiet beauty, and repose.

Boldface Books

A spirited artist with a can-do attitude, Yvonne Wakefield naively leaves behind a secure life in the lush Pacific Northwest to teach art in the desert state of Kuwait. Over the course of six years, she will instruct university aged Muslim women, earn her students' trust, and learn the consequences of freedom of expression, taken for granted in one culture but not granted in another. Despite obstacles set by her detractors, she persists, and she and her students flourish. Yet the traps never disappear, only multiply as other set more for her, intent on denying what they have no desire to understand. Told from the unique perspective of an artist, Suitcase Filled with Nails is a colorful, true, and timely tale about living and coping in the Middle East.

Suitcase Filled with Nails: Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait

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Suitcase Filled with Nails

Babe in the Woods: Building a Life One Log at a Time

Babe in the Woods: Building a Life One Log at a Time

Suitcase Filled with Nails: Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait