“Up the coast” was where Kathryn Willcock spent her summers, where children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and loggers risked their lives every single day. Taking place from the 1930s to the 1960s, Up The Coast contains hilarious and heartbreaking vignettes of life in a coastal BC logging camp. With each story -- including the family's encounters with cougars, grizzlies, loggers (dead and alive), American tourists, backstabbing camp bosses, and plastered cooks -- readers will gain insight into the history and culture of the region. This lively and captivating memoir pours off the page like warm syrup on a stack of cookhouse hotcakes.