If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska

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		If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
		If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska

基本信息·出版社：Algonquin Books
·页码：281 页
·出版日期：2006年03月
·ISBN：156512524X
·International Standard Book Number：156512524X
·条形码：9781565125247
·EAN：9781565125247
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语

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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.
作者简介 Heather Lende writes for Haine’s Chilkat Valley News and is a frequent contributor to the Christian Science Monitor and NPR’s Morning Edition. Her column for the Anchorage Daily News was awarded the 2002 Suzan Nightingale McKay Best Columnist Award by the Alaska Press Club.
媒体推荐 “Absorbing and reflective.” (Library Journal )

“Dense and powerful…Tiny jewels that, gathered together, create a stunning effect of pure, dazzling light.” (The Grand Rapids Press )

“Lende offers touching stories about neighbors with whom she shares wedding celebrations, potluck dinners, tears for missing fishermen—all the joys and sorrows of family life in a remote town.” (People Magazine )

“Part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott…NPR commentator Heather Lende…subtly remind[s] readers to embrace each day, each opportunity, each life that touches our own and to note the beauty of it all.” (Los Angeles Times )

“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.” (USA Today )

“Written with ease and empathy, this is both about maintaining a household in Alaska and about being at home in the world.” (Kirkus Reviews )

Absorbing and reflective. (Library Journal )

Dense and powerfulTiny jewels that, gathered together, create a stunning effect of pure, dazzling light. (The Grand Rapids Press )

Lende offers touching stories about neighbors with whom she shares wedding celebrations, potluck dinners, tears for missing fishermenall the joys and sorrows of family life in a remote town. (People Magazine )

Part Annie Dillard, part Anne LamottNPR commentator Heather Lendesubtly remind[s] readers to embrace each day, each opportunity, each life that touches our own and to note the beauty of it all. (Los Angeles Times )

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, youll love some real news from small-town Alaska.

Written with ease and empathy, this is both about maintaining a household in Alaska and about being at home in the world. (Kirkus Reviews )

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