Fort Unicorn and the Duchess of Knothing

A different kind of love story...

The true story of Andrea Nelson and her daughter, Shyloh, follows the cosmic thread that binds them. It's a tale of addiction and mental illness, trauma and heartbreak. But at its core this is a love story about the hard-won lessons of unconditional love, and the lengths a mother will go to save her child.

This memoir is an unflinching witness of what it means to be homeless, mentally ill, and addicted in America-and to love someone who is all of those things. Fort Unicorn is, more than anything else, a vivid and tender portrait of people who are too often invisible to society.