I live and write on Lingít Aaní, and gratefully acknowledge the past, present and future caretakers of this beautiful place, the Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan.
A Little Dinner with Friends

A Little Dinner with Friends

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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…”

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