Florrie and Mag Larson live off the land in a rustic cabin on the edge of British Columbiarsquo;s coastal society. When the eccentric sisters unintentionally adopt an abandoned baby girl, their world is turned upside down. Content in her role as homemaker, Florrie embraces this unexpected gift of motherhood, but cynical Mag is a reluctant parent at best. Baby Jen grows up caught between her new parentsrsquo; wilderness lifestyle and modern life in the small community of Sechelt, struggling to figure out where she fits in. But when tragedy strikes, the reality of these conflicting lifestyles comes crashing down around them. The Goat Ladyrsquo;s Daughter is a tale of indomitable spirit and of a way of life that once was common on British Columbiarsquo;s coast.

Two children and their mother, new to the neighborhood, befriend Noelie Houle, an elderly lady who raises goats. Her other neighbors bemoan "The Goat Lady's" rundown house and barnyard animals, but the children see how she cares for her goats, they listen to her stories, and they come to love her. For many years Noelie provided goat's milk for people who needed it and sent her extra goat kids to poor people in poor countries through Heifer International. The children's mother paints a series of paintings of "The Goat Lady," and her art show at the local town hall helps the rest of the community see Noelie's kindness and courage.

The house that my mom has built is a seven-foot-tall tee-pee. She told my sister and brother after I got put in the group home to pack their shit because she read an article about this stuff called Radon, a chemical that comes out of your ceiling insulation and gives you cancer, "That's it, houses are poison, we're movin' outside." And that's what they all did that night, they went out to the field and watched our mother build out of twine, eucalyptus branches, and palm fronds...a tee-pee. And they lived in that motherfucker.

THE STORY: As told by McClain in the New York Journal-American: ...pursues the career of an Army of Occupation officer stationed in a remote town in Okinawa. His duty is to teach Democracy to the natives, and there is a stern and stupid Colonel brea