If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name
Author(s): Heather Lende
Tiny Haines, Alaska, ninety miles north of Juneau, is accessible mainly by water or air--and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace; and funerals are community affairs. As both obituary writer and social columnist for the local newspaper, Heather Lende knows better than anyone the goings-on in this breathtakingly beautiful place. Her offbeat chronicle brings us inside her busy life: we meet her husband, Chip, who owns the local hardware store; their five children; and a colorful assortment of friends and offbeat neighbors, including aging hippies, salty fishermen, native Tlingit Indians, Mormon spelunkers . . . as well as the moose, eagles, sea lions, and bears with whom they share this wild and perilous land.
General Information
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- : algon1
- : algon1
- : 0.29
- : 01 June 2006
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Heather Lende
- : Paperback
- : 281
More About The Product
"Who knew a writer could find so much human drama, simple pleasure and thorny issues in such a remote place? If you like the stories on "Prairie Home Companion" or "Northern Exposure," you'll love some real news from small-town Alaska."