
Visiting the graves,
The old dog
Leads the way.--Issa“Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I ...

“We are here for a little window. And to use the time to catch and share shards of light and laughter and grace ...

The whole day is your gift:
hold it and read a leaf at a
time, never hurried, never waiting.
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“Democracy! It’s glorious chaos,” the owner of the local paper observes. It’s testimony to Lende’s special gift that, in spite of the pain and sadness involved in her political adventure, she leaves her readers with that same conclusion.
—Janet Brown, author and former bookseller (review from Shelf-Awareness).

A New York Times Bestseller
The L.A. Times called it “Part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott…”

“Lende writes emotionally but never sentimentally, giving us the best Alaska memoir of late, maybe the best ever.“
Booklist Starred Review
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