Find the Good by Heather Lende (2015, Algonquin Books; 176 pages) I loved this collection of short essays from Haines author Heather Lende. These are vignettes about a community, many centering on local obituaries (Lende writes obituaries for the Chilkat Valley News), but with a focus on the positive. It’s thoughtful and sweet. Author of The New York Times bestseller If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name, Heather Lende has been compared to Annie Dillard and Anne Lamott. Find this title in our catalog: Find The Good Recommended by: Ann
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A Wolf Called Romeo by Nick Jans (2015, Mariner Books; 288 pages) This account of the black wolf that frequented the Mendenhall Glacier area in Juneau for 7 years was interesting and informative. Jans provides firsthand experience with Romeo and considerable documentation of wolf/wildlife biology. He presents a fairly unbiased view of both sides from the community with compassion and humor. While I enjoy Jans’s writing, I had a particular interest in this book as I had the good fortune of encountering him myself on a trip to the Mendenhall. Standing 20 feet from a living, breathing, wild wolf is an experience not soon forgotten. Find this title in our catalog: A Wolf Called Romeo Recommended by: Ann |
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