Lende strives to find the good in new book khns radio. Part annie dillard, part anne lamott, essayist and npr commentator heather lende introduces readers to life in the town of haines, alaska. She is also a former contributing editor at womans day, a columnist for the alaska dispatch news, and author of find the good. What a brave and beautiful thing heather lende has made with this book. I blog and post photos at my website and on facebook.
Download and read online for free ebooks written by heather lende. Tiny haines, alaska, is ninety miles north of juneau, accessible mainly by water or airand only when. Books, blogs and articles from haines alaska author, heather lende. Heather lende has written some 500 obituaries obituaries for the chilkat valley news in haines, alaska where she has lived for over thirty years. Lende has lived in haines all her adult life and is wellknown in town. Her nationally acclaimed book about haines if you lived here, id know your name algonquin 2005, is in its sixth printing and is a national geographic traveler magazine ultimate travel library selection. This book is a fine storytold with compassion, wisdom and witabout democracy, community, and decency in smalltown america, and how to save the best of who we are. An unlikely source delivers tidbits on living well. Heather lende audio books, best sellers, author bio. University of alaska anchorage lowresidency mfa program. Heather lendes brave, bighearted book about her run for local office fairly bursts with affection for her place and its people. An obituary writer might be the last person readers would expect to provide wise advice, but alaska dispatch news columnist lende take good care of the garden and the dogs. I write obituaries for the chilkat valley news and an alaska dispatch news column. This bookher thirdfollows a similar path as her previous new york times bestseller, if you lived here, id know your name.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read find the good. My personal essays and columns have been widely distributed from npr and country living to the christian science monitor and womans day magazine where i was a contributing editor for a few years. Thats basically what i learned from heather lendes if you lived here, id know your name. By the end youll be torn between wanting to move to haines, alaska, and wanting lende to take the helm of your home town. The first book tells of the townspeople through mainly the obituaries. John straley, shamus award winner and former writer laureate of alaska heather lende is a terrific writer and terrific company. She and her husband moved to small town alaska after graduating from college. Find the good is excellent company in these unsteady times. Read how the new york times bestselling author from tiny haines, alaska captures life lessons by weaving her personal insights with others stories.
To contact heather or read her new blog, the news from smalltown alaska, visit. Chilkat valley news serving haines and klukwan, alaska. Army corp of engineers plans to offload and treat fuelcontaminated soil later this summer. First, lende was literally hit by a truck, suffering a broken pelvis just as she was about to begin her book tour. She offers her thoughts on the subject in this commentary about.
As an active volunteer in her local school and library, heather lende is a familiar figure in the small town of haines. Listening to lende read her book was like sitting in a cafe with my one of my besties just hanging on each word that fell out of her mouth in each chapter. Granted, the author writes the obits for her local newspaper, so many of her stories lead back to that, but still. Tiny haines, alaska, is ninety miles north of juneau, accessible mainly by. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer. Her nationally acclaimed book about haines if you lived here, id know. After a nearfatal bicycle accident in her tiny alaskan town, bestselling author heather lende has an opportunity to contemplate faith and friendship, observe the breathtaking beauty of the northern wilderness anew, and truly come to appreciate the remarkable inhabitants of haines, alaska, without. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. But according to author heather lende, haines may have more than its share right now. News from smalltown alaska, algonquin books of chapel hill chapel hill, nc, 2005. Buy a cheap copy of take good care of the garden and the. Heather lende is the author of if you lived here, id know your name.
In writing her social and obituary columns for hainess chilkat valley newssome of which are included hereshe blends reportage and humor. She has written for magazines and authored other bestselling books. If you like the stories on prarie home companion or northern exposure, youll love some real news from smalltown alaska. The result is a literary wellspring, which will continue to run, and nurture, even in times of drought. She has also authored many essays and stories, mostly about life and sometimes death in haines, alaska that have been distributed widely from the anchorage daily news and christian science monitor to. A lot has happened since heather lende introduced us to the small town of haines, alaska, in her bestselling 2005 memoir if you lived here, id know your name. Enjoy heather lendes in her latest book, find the good. I like heather lendes folksy way of writing and looking at life. The message is upbeat and meant to help readers make lemonade out of the sour lemons of life.
Heather lende tiny haines, alaska, is ninety miles north of juneau, accessible mainly by water or airand only when the weather is good. Heather lende author of if you lived here, id know your. My big story is that as soon as my first book, new york times bestseller if you lived here, id know your name was published in 2005, i was run over by a truck, which take good care of the garden and the dogs pretty much covers. Heather lende author of if you lived here, id know your name. She writes obituaries for the local newspaper which gives her a view into the lives of local citizens. I was in alaska long before i had a career, said heather lende, m.
May 7, 2015 heather lende lives in haines, alaska, and is the small towns obituary writer and excellent writer. I am a 59 year old woman, no children, and have at least one, more, great adventure in me. Heather lende is the kind of person you want to sit across the kitchen table from on a rainy afternoon with a bottomless cup of tea. She moved to a small town in alaska with her college sweethearthusband right after graduating. Heather lende lives in haines, alaska, and is the small town.
If you lived here, id know your name news from smalltown alaska book. You can go to the haines, alaska website to get a visual picture of the places heather describes. Heather lende confronts life and death with love and vulnerability. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer 2015, a memoir of faith, family, and community take good care of the garden and the dogs 2010, and ny times bestseller, if you. The second one is about the kindness of the people of haines when the author has her terrible accident. Haines authors books optioned for potential tv series. And the title of the third find the good says it all about the books and the author. Find out more about author and columnist heather lende at. Like her other books, it focuses on life in small town alaska. Heather lende writes her book seen through her own eyes, a personal account of life. Unexpected lessons from a smalltown obituary writer. Shes been a columnist for publications in alaska and nationwide, published books about life in rural haines, alaska, and her third book, find the good, will be.
Also contributor to christian science monitor and national public radios morning edition. Of bears and ballots heather lende 9781616208516 netgalley. John straley, shamus awardwinning author and former writer laureate of alaska beguiling. News from smalltown alaska, algonquin books of chapel.
Heather lende, khns haines, author at alaska public media. Family, friendships, and faith in smalltown alaska, 2010, etc. Find the good by heather lende 2015, hardcover for sale. What its like to live in a small, rural, politically divided. What its like to live in a small, rural, politically divided town politics in haines, alaska population 2,500 has grown intensely bitter lately, reflecting the volume and heat of national. I am so fond of heather lende and her writing that i could almost, almost live in. Author heather lende lives in remote haines, alaska population 2,000. I live in tiny haines, alaska where my husband owns a lumberyard and we have a big family. Tiny haines, alaska, is ninety miles north of juneau, accessible mainly by water or airand only when the weather is good. Join facebook to connect with heather lende and others you may know.
If you lived here, id know your name and millions of other books are. Heather lende posts both the obituaries and the social column for her local newspaper. Lende chronicles the various lives and deaths of the people of haines, alaska, an almost inaccessible hamlet 90 miles north of juneau. Creative writing 12 of the gradual road that led to find the good. Summer serenade in haines and a tribute to its grand dame of the arts. Kim heacox, author of john muir and the ice that started a fire.
Her descriptions of the relationships, but most especially of the surrounding environment and its affects on the lives of the people in im now rereading this for the 5th time. I am the town obituary writer indie alaska youtube. I live in tiny haines, alaska where my husband owns a. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer ebook written by heather lende.
Joann mapson, author of owens daughter find the good is excellent company in unsteady times. An authors q and a with heather lende anchorage daily news. She is also a former contributing editor at womans day, a columnist for the. Heather lende is currently in the middle of a whirlwhind tour for her second book, take good care of the garden and the dogs. Learn why this story catcher chooses to find the good. Buy a cheap copy of if you lived here, id know your name book by heather lende. That reminder even could come from an unlikely source.
In her book she tells about their life there and also tells the stories of the people they live among. If you lived here, id know your name book by heather lende. A haines area alaska department of fish and game biologist stood slackjawed as she watched dozens of king salmon swirl in a slough near 24mile, an area the u. Her nationally acclaimed book about haines if you lived here, id know your name algonquin 2005, is in its sixth printing and is a national geographic traveler.
Lende, who was the narrator, is an excellent storyteller. Heather lende is an obituary for the chilkat valley news in haines, alaska. Heather lende i am at the tail end of the find the good book tour and all the. News from smalltown alaska ebook written by heather lende. I got to reading a book by heather lende i think i have the name right. About 2,000 people live in haines, alaska, where heather lende has been writing obituaries for 20 years for the chilkat valley news. Alaska author john straley describes it as a tonic for a cynical world.
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