Breakup

ISBN: 9780399142505

定价: 66.00

内容简介

Kate suryeyed the yard in front of her cabin anff uttered one
word. \"Breakup.\"
Affection for the season was lacking in the tone of her voice.
Ah yes??? breakup??? that halcyon season including but not neces-
sarily limited to March and April??? when all of Alaska me!~ into~
a 586???412-square-mile pile of slush. The temperature reaches the
double digits and for a miracle stays there??? dayl~ht increases by
five minutes and forty-four seconds every twenty-four hours??? and
after a winter s worth of ~-hour days all you want to do is go
outside anffstay there for the rest of your natural life. But it s too
late for the snow machine and too early for the truck??? and meltoff
is swelling the rivers until flooding threatens banks??? bars and all
downstream communities--muskrat??? beaver and man. The meat
cache is almost empty and the salmon aren t upthe creek yet. All
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