Description
Book SynopsisWritten with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, A Tender Distance presents 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.
Presents parenting on a ''high-voltage tightrope'' between adventure and safety in rugged conditions.
--Foreword Footnotes
A Tender Distance is written with a calm, deep grace. It is a poem of a book, infused with courage, sadness, and beauty.
--Richard Goodman, author of French Dirt, The Story of a Garden in the South of France and Soul of Creative Writing.
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 Distance presents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys o
Table of Contents
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
