A Tender Distance: Adventures Raising My Sons in Alaska - Softcover

Johnson, Kaylene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882407724 ISBN 13: 9780882407722

Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books, 2009

Synopsis

A Tender Distance presents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men.

A Tender Distance is a memoir about motherhood and raising children in Alaska, where a vast wilderness shaped the people they would someday become. When Kaylene Johnson and her family moved to the Last Frontier, she was thrilled with the spectacular setting of their new life. But she was also unsettled by the risks she never before had to consider. Moose regularly frequented the school bus stop and bears seasonally sauntered through their yard. Her story begins with the leave-taking of her oldest son, as she considers this new season in all of their lives and reflects on family, faith, and what it means to be a mother. Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, this is a mother's story about raising her two boys in Alaska where wilderness is just out the back door of their home.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

""A Tender Distance "is written with a calm, deep grace. It is a poem of a book, suffused with courage, sadness, and beauty."

Richard Goodman, Author of "French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France, "and "The Soul of Creative Writing "

About the Author:

Kaylene Johnson is a professional writer and longtime Alaskan and the author of the New York Times bestseller Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down. Her award-winning articles have appeared in Alaska magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Spirit magazine, and other publications. She holds a BA from Vermont College and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0882407724
• ISBN 13: 9780882407722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204