Erin is 19, hasn't really left England, and wonders why it's always men who get to go on all the cool wilderness adventures. So she sets off on a journey which takes her through the Arctic Circle, across the breadth of the American continent, and finally to a lonely cabin in the wilds of Denali. The Word for Woman is Wilderness is a funny, frank, and tender account of a young woman in uncharted territory. A thinking woman's adventure story.