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I can't add too much more than the blurb about the book, except to say that the writer does a wonderful job of making you "see" the images of Alaska, and that the story made me stop and think at times about our purpose in life and mortality. Love the characters.
Highly recommend!! ...more
Highly recommend!! ...more
This is a gentle story which immersed me in Alaska, a place far from my home, and a culture equally distant. Keb is 95, a traditional carver who is getting to the end of his life but has experience and perspective to share, and James is an angry young man who had a sporting career which was curtailed by an accident. They come together to build a traditional canoe, which leads to a community being pulled apart and then coming strongly together. A story about family squabbles and eventual triumph.
Jan 19, 2018
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
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Mar 10, 2021
Brenda H
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