Download or read book Drinking the Rain written by Alix Kates Shulman and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 50, Alix Shulman left a life dense with political activism, family and literary community and went to live alone on an island off the coast of Maine. Without plumbing, power, or a telephone, and foraging for wild greens and shellfish, she faced challenges that helped redefine her notions of independence and courage, confidence and creativity.