Chris Czajkowski is well-known author and naturalist who has lived in the wilderness for the last 21 years. When she decided to build her own home in the backwoods of British Columbia's Coast Mountains, all the odds were against her. She was not entirely used to using a chainsaw; she knew little about building; and she had never lived so far from amenities. Yet she intended to do it alone. Her family had always lived by the code If you want something, you make it rather than buy it.
