Back to Basics in the Northern Frontier

If you've ever wondered how it is, really, to live in Alaska, this is the book for you. Heather Lende allows us a peek over her shoulder at her paper, for which she pens the obituaries and social columns. Through these writings we become acquainted with the locals, both the deeply rooted and transplanted, and see how they have woven into a solid community of warm friends in a cold place. You'll wonder if you'd have the stuff it would take to live in such a place, realize probably not, then wish you did. Read on.