Listening to lende read her book was like sitting in a cafe with my one of my besties just hanging on each word that fell out of her mouth in each chapter. Heather lende is the author of if you lived here, id know your name. Heather lende audio books, best sellers, author bio. In find the good, i return to haines, alaska for a third time. John straley, shamus award winner and former writer laureate of alaska heather lende is a terrific writer and terrific company. Heather lende s new book includes quotes from her episcopal prayer book, among other thoughts on faith.
An obituary writer might be the last person readers would expect to provide wise advice, but alaska dispatch news columnist lende take good care of the garden and the dogs. Heather lende books list of books by author heather lende. Id already ordered the new anne tyler and julia alvarez novels from the bookstore when katie, who is a francophile, suggested a pandemic french book and wine club to cheer us up, connect friends old and new virtually, and support two local shops, so, why not. Kim heacox, author of john muir and the ice that started a fire. Heather lende has a rare gift and is a writer to be treasured and appreciated for all the tough times in your life, whether you are from a small town in southeast alaska or a city on the other side of the world. Heather lende has contributed essays and commentary to npr, the new york times, and national geographic traveler, among other newspapers and magazines, and is a former contributing editor at womans day. An unlikely source delivers tidbits on living well.
I you lived here, id know your name by heather lende. To contact heather or read her new blog, the news from smalltown alaska, visit. About 2,000 people live in haines, alaska, where heather lende has been writing obituaries for 20 years for the chilkat valley news. I hope you enjoy a moment on the chilkat river, there were glimpses of blue sky today in between spring squalls, and now its a soft gray evening and im watching, and listening, as may arrives in the backyard thanks to a little silver. Alaska local heather lende provides insider tips on haines. The cast of characters and places lende wrote about in her three previous books return in this homespun foray into local politics. My dogs read the news of their world with their noses, eyes, and ears. Read heather lendes story about her daughters unplanned pregnancyand learning the true meaning of motherhood. Lende was an east coast import, but by the time of this book s publication 2005, she had lived in alaska for twenty years, nearly all of them in haines. She picked it up at a thrift shop, noted it wasnt signed, and the cashier put her in touch with author heather lende who, through a series of connections, signed her copy. That reminder even could come from an unlikely source. Find the good is a new book from a former obituary writer. Heather lende author of if you lived here, id know your. She has written for magazines and authored other bestselling books.
Author heather lende lives in remote haines, alaska population 2,000. Lendes view of her town and her interactions with her old and new friends, in sad and glad times, especially with the focus of her newspaper assignment, is a delight to read. Family, friendships, and faith in smalltown alaska, 2010, etc. I loved how the author incorporates the words in the prayer book and hymns into her writing. Family, friendships, and faith in smalltown alaska by lende, heather and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Lende is an obituary writer for the chillkat valley news and has lived in the town of haines for the majority of her adult life. Lende, who was the narrator, is an excellent storyteller. What a brave and beautiful thing heather lende has made with this book.
A columnist for the alaska dispatch news, she is the obituary writer for the chilkat valley news in haines and the recipient of the suzan nightingale mckay best columnist award from the. Read how heather lende hopes to help raise the next generation. Heather lende author of if you lived here, id know your name. She is also a former contributing editor at womans day, a columnist for the alaska dispatch news, and author of find the good. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer 2015, a memoir of faith, family, and community take good care of the garden and the dogs 2010, and ny times bestseller, if you.
A columnist for the alaska dispatch news, she writes obituaries for the chilkat valley news and is the author of find the good, if you lived here, id know your name, and take good. News from smalltown alaska, and take good care of the garden and the dogs. Thank you so much for reading what i write, especially my newest book, find the good. If you lived here, id know your name book by heather. Working as an obituary writer could get you down, if you were the kind of person who let it.
Apr 23, 2020 blog i finished reading the final chapter of take good care of the garden and the dogs to you from my living room yesterday evening, and i was kind of sad, and also proud that i managed to. The alaskan landscapeso vast, dramatic, and unbelievablemay be the reason the people in haines, alaska population 2,400, so often discuss the meaning of life. Where did you get the idea for your most recent book. Take good care of the garden and the dogs ebook by heather. This book is a fine storytold with compassion, wisdom and witabout democracy, community, and decency in smalltown america, and how to save the best of who we are. Heather lende is also an episcopalian, belonging to a little tiny church where there are sometimes a dozen at a service. Lende strives to find the good in new book khns radio. Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer, published by. Find out more about author and columnist heather lende at.
Unexpected life lessons from a smalltown obituary writer. Books, blogs and articles from haines alaska author, heather lende. Lende isntshe teases wisdom from the lives her obits celebrate as well as from her own experiences as a mother and grandmothereach conveys the unsentimental conviction that the good in. They have five children between 15 and 22, three dogs, and a small flock of hens. Her nationally acclaimed book about haines if you lived here, id know your name algonquin 2005, is in its sixth printing and is a national geographic traveler magazine ultimate travel library selection. My personal essays and columns have been widely distributed from npr and country living to the christian science monitor and womans day magazine where i was a contributing editor for a few years. Heather lende came to alaska from the east coast 1982. Family, friendships, and faith in smalltown alaska, and more on. Heather lende is an obituary for the chilkat valley news in haines, alaska. Books heather lende find the good is a new book from a. The message is upbeat and meant to help readers make lemonade out of the sour lemons of life. Her nationally acclaimed book about haines if you lived here, id know your.
A graduate of middlebury, heather writes obituaries for the chilkat valley news and an award winning weekly column for the anchorage daily news. One of the best first books ive read in a long time. This is the way of haines, where everyone is just one connection away from helping everybody else. The following is an excerpt from haines author heather lende s new book, find the good. Although i dont attend church now, the episcopal church is part of me. Getting things done in the middle of nowhere takes some ingenuity, whether its delivering a baby, dealing with a ruptured appendix, or adopting a child from another country bulgaria, to.
Like her other books, it focuses on life in small town alaska. Following the 2016 election, the author, a local journalist who owns a lumberyard and hardware store with her husband in beautiful, remote, rural, and politically active haines, decided to run for one of two open. The shops are owned by locals and the new school is full of children whose families i know. I first learned of this book from a friend who traveled through haines, ak. See all books authored by heather lende, including if you lived here, id know your name.