{"product_id":"a-tender-distance-adventures-raising-my-sons-in-alaska-paperback","title":"A Tender Distance: Adventures Raising My Sons in Alaska - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaylene Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, \u003ci\u003eA Tender Distance\u003c\/i\u003e presents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men. Mothers everywhere will relate to the hard, familiar choice between holding close and letting go.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Presents parenting on a 'high-voltage tightrope' between adventure and safety in rugged conditions.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Footnotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Tender Distance\u003c\/i\u003e is written with a calm, deep grace. It is a poem of a book, infused with courage, sadness, and beauty.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRichard Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFrench Dirt, The Story of a Garden in the South of France\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSoul of Creative Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a mother's story about raising her two boys in Alaska were wilderness is just out the back door of their home. Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, \u003ci\u003eA Tender Distance\u003c\/i\u003e presents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men. Mothers everywhere will relate to the hard, familiar choice between holding close and letting go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\"A Tender Distance \"is written with a calm, deep grace. It is a poem of a book, suffused with courage, sadness, and beauty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Richard Goodman, Author of \"French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France, \"and \"The Soul of Creative Writing \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kaylene Johnson is author of six books about Alaska and the people who live there. She is also a longtime Alaskan. Her books include the New York Times Bestseller, \"Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down; Canyons and Ice: The Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith; Portrait of the Alaska Railroad; Trails Across Time History of an Alaskan Mountain Corridor \"and her memoir \"A Tender Distance: Adventures Raising My Sons in Alaska. \"Her award-winning articles and essays have appeared in\" Alaska \"Magazine,\" \" the \"Louisville Review, The Los Angeles Times, Spirit, \" and other publications. She holds a BA from Vermont College, and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 5.5 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47305382002873,"sku":"9780882407722","price":24.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/lxfIYAWnH9780882407722.webp?v=1780123821","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/a-tender-distance-adventures-raising-my-sons-in-alaska-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}