Contemplative women come to terms with loneliness and distance in Alaska. These stories portray contemporary life in Alaska against a backdrop of traditional wisdom. A dying man, George, and his grandson spend a cold Montana Christmas together. A courtroom drama set in Portland, Oregon. A Montana lesbian trains for the toughest horse race of her life.
Complex relationships link individuals in a small northern Montana town.
Three Montana siblings grown up in the wild 1920s. A novel depicting the life of the Native Americans along the Northwest Coast from Puget Sound to Alaska. A Portland, Oregon, teenager journeys from suburbia to the inner city rock scene. Ichiro, a Japanese-American, returns to Seattle, Washington after spending two years in an internment camp and another two years in prison. The illigitimate son of an aging Wyatt Earp stalks Earp and his wife Josie as they attempt to begin a new life in Alaska.