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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far Northby Lesley Thomas
AwardsNational Federation of Press Women Communications Contest - 1st place in fiction
Synopses & ReviewsReview:"Two honest books about Alaska in two years, maybe literary times are
changing for the Last Frontier. Maybe, just maybe, everyone is finally ready
to set all those old comfortable myths aside. 'Flight of the Goose' is
certainly another step in the right direction, and a deep rich novel that
will leave readers eager for more of the truth about the 49th state..."
Colleen Mondor, Bookslut.com Review:"What an extraordinary novel. Set in the far arctic lands of the Bering Straits in the early 1970's, it tells the story of the meeting and the relationship between a US environmentalist, desperate not to be sent to Vietnam, and a deeply emotionally-damaged, ostracised young Inuit girl, whose painful history is revealed as the pages turn...
Written with poignant and often amazing insight into the Inuit culture, the book is a love story, it is a tale about Inuit shamanism, a portrayal of the conflict between cultures, and a glimpse at what happens to the smaller of the cultures when a more dominant one collides with it. And, along with the richly-described human characters in the book, is another character; thoughout it all the arctic lands themselves hold the stage, the sunlight and warmth of summer, the darkness and coldness of winter, the crash of the arctic oceans, the spirits of the seals and the cry of birds. Lesley deals with the shamanism and sorcery in a very realistic way so that not once did I feel I had wandered into a fantasy novel where the author was trying to portray 'ancient magic' without any real idea what it actually was, or what it smelt like. In fact the whole book is congruent, the storytelling is compelling, and quite frankly I couldn't put it down - and I bet you won't be able to either." John Patrick, Sacred Hoop Magazine Synopsis:Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North is adult literary fiction set
in the Alaskan Arctic of 1971. Kayuqtuq, an orphan
traumatized by her past, seeks respect in her traditional
Inupiat village through the outlawed path of shamanism. Her
plan leads to tragedy when she interferes with scientist Leif
Trygvesen, who has come to research the effects of oil spills
on salt marshes - and evade the draft. Told from both
Kayuqtuq's and Leif's perspectives, Flight of the Goose is a
tale of cultural conflict, spiritual awakening, redemption and
love in a time when things were, to use the phrase of an old
arctic shaman, "no longer familiar". About the AuthorAuthor Lesley Thomas grew up in the Arctic in a bi-cultural family. She teaches English at the University of Washington. Her website has reviews by top anthropologists, Native Alaskans, scientists, literary writers, booksellers and general readers. http://www.lesleythomas.alaskawriters.com What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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