description: Slowly dying of Lou Gehrigs Disease, Donald, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, begins dictating family stories he has never shared with anyone, hoping to preserve history for his children.
language: English
title: Returning to Earth
titlecomplete: Returning to Earth
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Audiobook, Novels, Environment, Fiction, Poetry, Death, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 2198
series: True North 
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Orion Book Award
publisher: Blackstone Pub