by Monica Devine
University of Alaska Press, 2019
eISBN: 978-1-60223-373-7 | Paper: 978-1-60223-372-0
Library of Congress Classification E99.T6
Dewey Decimal Classification 323.1197

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Water Mask is an adventurous memoir from Monica Devine, an itinerant therapist who travels to villages throughout Alaska and builds a life in this vast, captivating landscape. She traverses mountains, navigates sea ice with whalers, and whirls two thousand feet above tundra with a rookie bush pilot; she negotiates the death of her father, and the near-loss of her family’s cabin on the Copper River. Her journey is exhilarating—but not without reminders of the folly of romanticizing a northern landscape that both rejects and beguiles. Reflections on family, place, and culture are woven into a seductive tapestry of a life well-lived and well-loved.

See other books on: 1911-1958 | Alaska | Intuition | Self-realization | Tlingit Indians
See other titles from University of Alaska Press