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Category: Books (Biography & Autobiography)
Author: Johnson, Kaylene
Author: Johnson, Kaylene
ISBN-10: 0882407724
ISBN-10: 0882407724
ISBN-13: 9780882407722
ISBN-13: 9780882407722
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 01-Jul-2009
Pub Date: 01-Jul-2009
SKU: 0882407724-11-MING
SKU: 0882407724-11-MING
Item ID: 100001584
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This is a mother's story about raising her two boys in Alaska were wilderness is just out the back door of their home.

Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart,A Tender Distancepresents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men. Mothers everywhere will relate to the hard, familiar choice between holding close and letting go.

A Tender Distanceis written with a calm, deep grace. It is a poenm of a book, usffused wsiht courage, sadness, and beauty.
---Richard Goodman, Author ofFrench Dirt, The Story of a Garden in the South of FranceandSoul of Creative Writing.

Acknowledgements 9

Rendevous Peak 11

Genesis 23

Moose Meadow 37

First Salmon 51

Mount Baldy 65

Breakup 75

Porcupine Promises 87

Symphony Lake 97

Faith Falls 107

Devil's Pass 121

Kesugi Ridge 133

As Hours Will 153

Ghost Bear 163

Mount Marathon 179

Epilogue Wild Boys 195

This is a mother's story about raising her two boys in Alaska were wilderness is just out the back door of their home. Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart,A Tender Distancepresents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men. Mothers everywhere will relate to the hard, familiar choice between holding close and letting go.